[Foundation-l] and what if...

[Thomas Dalton]

2008/12/12 Robert Rohde <rarohde at gmail.com>:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Long-time ago, I suggested adding a short-duration cookie whenever a
>>> block was triggered that would allow the software to detect the most
>>> obvious IP jumping vandals (asumming they used the same browser on the
>>> same machine each time).  It doesn't get at the bulk of Tomek's
>>> criticism, but it does fall in the other-things-we-could-do category.
>>
>> Deleting cookies is far easier than changing IP addresses.
>
> I generally operate on the assumption that 90% of vandals of dumb.
> Yes, one can clear cookies, but one has to figure it out and think to
> do that, which I would assume most wouldn't.

If they're smart enough to change IP addresses (especially in these
days of broadband connections) they can wipe cookies, especially as
browsers get more and more "privacy" features designed to help with
such things.