[IRCServices] Suggestion

[Andy Smith]

Mark Hetherington <markh at eurodltd.co.uk> writes:

> > > 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.

So you think that if there were a simple, unstoppable way for
someone to anonymously disable 50 or so nicknames, that no one would
do it ever just for fun?  And what if they did have a grudge against
an individual, that doesn't make it any more OK for them to be able
to do it!

-- 
Andy Smith <andy at strugglers.net>

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