[IRCServices] Suggestion

Mark Hetherington markh at eurodltd.co.uk
Fri Mar 23 00:46:00 PST 2001


> > Maybe emulate the system used for Car radios etc. After the
> first failure of
> > 3 "suspend" the nickname for 1 hour, then 2 hours then 4 hours
> etc until it
> > is ultimately locked out entirely and an admin has to take
> steps to restore
> > the nickname to the user after sufficient authentication.
>
> A problem with this is that people then just try to identify to
> every nick there is, causing them all to be suspended and then no
> one can use NickServ...

Only possible if they know the nickname(s) and by limiting the list commands
users cannot get to and try them all. Generally nickname attacks are against
specific individuals for a reason not just to do it.

Mark.
CTCP Networks.