[WikiEN-l] We need a way to deal with AOL vandals THIS year

Daniel Ehrenberg littledanehren at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 5 22:18:10 UTC 2003


--- Tony Wilson <list at redhill.net.au> wrote:
> Right at this moment, Michael is logged in as
> User:Fuck. He has
> cottoned on to two key weaknesses in our security
> setup. 
> 
> Either one on its own is a problem, but both
> together is a gaping hole:
> 
> (a) There is no way to block a logged-in user if you
> can't guess his IP
> address.
>
> Tony (Tannin)

I thought developers could block logged in users, just
not ordinary sysops. I'd like to change that, though.
I think there shouldn't be a distinction between sysop
and developer. Or maybe people become developers after
one month of sysophood.
--LittleDan


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