On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Anthony
<wikimail(a)inbox.org> wrote:
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On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 11:22 PM, Gregory Maxwell
<gmaxwell(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
The
editing problems are purely from the technical incompetence in the
manner in which the UK censorship is being performed, and not from the
censorship itself.
C'mon, what about the technical incompetence in the manner in which the
Mediawiki software identifies unique individuals?
IP addresses aren't people.
Come now: We have accounts.
Just barely.
We use 'having a unique IP' as a type of
"proof of work".
I don't remember seeing the RFC for that.
We'll gladly except XFF from their proxies if
they'd bother sending it.
Actually, there's no RFC for that either. While a common practice, you
shouldn't rely on it.
Can you suggest anything better that we can do to
prevent people from minting as many accounts as they like and causing
trouble.
You could require an email address...