alternative to ip validation on RC

[Sildae]

Originally Posted by prozac424242

How about using the MAC address of the network card to identify a specific computer to log in?

That is a bad idea because MAC addresses are rather easy to spoof.

That hardware integrated number does not change unless you get a different comptuer.

Yes, it does. Also, what about people who connect to the internet without a network card? The IP address is really about the only thing that cannot be manipulated by the client.


Just log the set of IP adresses you receive and make out a pattern. "All the numbers change" is not a pattern.

If there is none that Graal would be content with, settle for the most common one, and if that fails you, gain new IP adresses until you get one that matches.


And what the hell is a computer ID and why would you ban people's computers?

[Ajira]

Originally Posted by Sildae

And what the hell is a computer ID and why would you ban people's computers?

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The new Graal banning system uses some computer ID to ban the player therefore no account can log in. =O