[MUD-Dev] DGN: Random questions about griefers

[Peter Harkins]

On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 07:48:20AM +0930, Mike Rozak wrote:
> Peter harkins wrote:

>> Most griefers have only been toaded a few minutes until an admin
>> with IP-banning access came along. I think the longest one stuck
>> around was 15 minutes or so. If we don't have an admin to ban
>> them, they tend to wander off because it looks like they've just
>> failed to affect anyone.

> OK, so they're only toaded for a short while. I thought it was as
> permanent switch that was left on until the griefers got bored a
> few weeks later.

They're only toaded for a short while because we enjoy IP banning
them while we contact their ISP. We haven't had enough griefers to
start considering whether banning them versus leaving them toaded,
but we do know that in leiu of violence, getting ISP accounts
cancelled is pretty good.

> You mention "IP banning". How useful is that? Don't people's IP's
> tend to change from session to session?

Not on the scale of time I've been talking about. A few times
someone (on dialup or in a lab) has reappeared with a new IP
address, so we've banned a range.

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