If I ever... decide... to make... a fake account... just look for... the overuse.... of ellipses :-)
Duly...noted...
If I ever... decide... to make... a fake account... just look for... the overuse.... of ellipses :-)
When you log in there are numbers that get associated with your account. Your IP address and your MAC (media access controller) number. When you get banned your IP and your MAC number which an individual identification number for specific device. Routers NIC's and modems all have this number. In addition to your IP address pretty much all will ID you down to who you are. So once an IP address gets a ban even if you go to a friend's house to sign up for an account you will still never be able to sign on to any devices that may be associated to your screen name.so new cell phone cable modem new router and a new computer is what it would take to get past that first layer of defense. 2nd people write in a style that is unique to them. Use of words phrases and simple grammar mistakes are hard to miss. It is not hard to root out alternative accounts once you know what to look for. Like who would not suspect a person with the Screen name of Kemosobi not suppect that it would not be the lone ranger. Humans are creatures of habit and sooner or later people slip up and give themselves away.
Ego...a vice that you just cannot ever be rid of.Good God you folks are entertaining........
vBulletin has more holes in it than a wedge of cheap Swiss cheese.....I have ample alternate id's to lurk for a very long time........
I make some obvious just to toy with Norton......sad part is that some folks are being banned that are not me.....like user Kemosabi.....can't take credit for that one.....
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all!!!!!
Hi Ho Silver away..................................
Good God you folks are entertaining........
vBulletin has more holes in it than a wedge of cheap Swiss cheese.....I have ample alternate id's to lurk for a very long time........
I make some obvious just to toy with Norton......sad part is that some folks are being banned that are not me.....like user Kemosabi.....can't take credit for that one.....
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all!!!!!
Hi Ho Silver away..................................
Eeeeewwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
Not sure if I belive what I'm reading!
When you log in there are numbers that get associated with your account. Your IP address and your MAC (media access controller) number. When you get banned your IP and your MAC number which an individual identification number for specific device.
I've modified an IP stack for a work project and IIRC the MAC doesn't travel along w/ the IP. MAC is part of the physical (ethernet) layer. IP protocol sits on top of that and does NOT encapsulate the MAC (never remember which layer is which in the OSI model.) Each node that an ethernet packet hops through gets its MAC replaced w/ that device. I don't think an end user (the website) can ever determine the originators MAC addr. The MAC they will see is the last one from their own ISP's router the server is connected to.
I've modified an IP stack for a work project and IIRC the MAC doesn't travel along w/ the IP. MAC is part of the physical (ethernet) layer. IP protocol sits on top of that and does NOT encapsulate the MAC (never remember which layer is which in the OSI model.) Each node that an ethernet packet hops through gets its MAC replaced w/ that device. I don't think an end user (the website) can ever determine the originators MAC addr. The MAC they will see is the last one from their own ISP's router the server is connected to.
I've modified an IP stack for a work project and IIRC the MAC doesn't travel along w/ the IP. MAC is part of the physical (ethernet) layer. IP protocol sits on top of that and does NOT encapsulate the MAC (never remember which layer is which in the OSI model.) Each node that an ethernet packet hops through gets its MAC replaced w/ that device. I don't think an end user (the website) can ever determine the originators MAC addr. The MAC they will see is the last one from their own ISP's router the server is connected to.
Yeah, and when the bleep zapper gets crossed with the gooble farber, you better be sure to have the Ixway hummelfarbed against the stippled wangus.Yes. But the general point is true..
Its a physical layer address.. and its easy to spoof..
Any php based system is vulnerable as well.
Not my area of experience..
Only a muli factor log in would be up to the challenge...
This is exactly how I feel when reading the posts about the security issues of the web...y'all are hurtin my brain...