Registering on the Inside3D Forums

[revelator]

yep also spotted another though he hasnt posted the ammount that this one has yet.

[scar3crow]

As agreed upon by Error and myself due to very bad recent rash of spambots, registration is temporarily disabled.

[Error]

Sorry for any inconvenience that this may cause, but it was a necessity . If you are trying to register, please bare with us. Hopefully this won't take long. In the mean time, you can visit us in IRC. (link on the frontpage)

[revelator]

i dont think anyone is going to raise an issue about the admins protecting the site

[scar3crow]

Registration briefly re-opened as a test to see how many spambots register in the brief opening. I see we have what appears to be at least one legitimate registration (unless the bots are just getting really quite good) since it was opened back up.

[ceriux]

i thought we already have an internet id? wouldn't that be your ipaddress?

[Spike]

your ip is generally not unique to you. its also not a constant.

[revelator]

only constant that would be atleast somewhat reliable would be mac adresses but even those are not 100% fake free :/ for instance i got a mainboard with a changeable mac.
so yup spikes right again

[Spirit]

MAC addresses do not travel further than the first hop/router.

[revelator]

indeed and thank god for that a malicius intruder could do some very nasty stuff if he knew your MAC

[Spike]

many ipv6 addresses contain the user's mac address. particuarly auto-configured ones. its part of ietf rfcs and everything. anyone on your lan will know your mac anyway, including coffee shops and other wifi connections.
there's no real technical harm in others knowing your mac address, certainly no more harm than them knowing your email address.
windows ignores the rfcs and doesn't generate standard ipv6 autoconf addresses, but like I say, its for tracking/social reasons rather than technical reasons.

[Ace12GA]

More spambots are popping up.

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=3421

[revelator]

thinking in the terms of mac spoofing where someone masks the sites mac address and that way is able to snap every password entered etc. i wont give pointers to how you do it but it is possible.

Was wondering if the activity might be ACTA related since it does not fly well in a lot of countries. Wonder though why attack a site like this ? most coders hate ACTA allready

[Jukki]

[Baker]