Comments by noviceTaken

noviceTaken 25-Mar-11 14:49pm View

ok thanx for your comments..and just for your information..I wanted to know if ip addressess could be used to defend myself against sybil attacks/ sock puppet accounts. i.e. having some way to identify if the same person is creating multiple accounts from the same computer..

noviceTaken 25-Mar-11 13:49pm View

willempipi - "Yes, you can do this. You can use their ip-adresses or use cookies..."
this CANT be done,because ip addresses keep changing!

noviceTaken 25-Mar-11 11:42am View

but if ip addresses are assigned dynamically - then you cant use ip addresses to distinguish users can you??

noviceTaken 25-Mar-11 11:35am View

"but that isn't the IP of your PC. It is the IP of your modem."
- so is there a way to get the IP of your PC. because cookies can be blocked by the user, in which case there is no way to identify whether its the same person loggin in/ creating multiple accounts.
what about 'user agent strings'? There has to be a way to uniquely identify users right??

noviceTaken 24-Mar-11 7:04am View

"probably mitigate it by not allowing people to register with free email domains, like hotmail or gmail."

charging a fee would greatly reduce the number of users and deter people from even registering right?

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