Re: [Fgs-bs] Status and stuff

[tps12]

Desired Username wrote:
> I agree that it doesn't really fit in the server CVS
> (unless it did admin stuff...).  OTOH, I'd hate to
> send people somewheres else to get the only client
> that works with our server.  But I guess we could make
> a separate project for that.  Python and Tkinter are
> Free, right?

I think we can add it as a separate module in the same repository.

> Right, I wasn't thinking it would be.  But the DoS
> question came up in response to your saying that we
> would "waive the right to ban any user for any
> reason".  In a sense that would be right, but
> practically speaking if they are blocked at the IP
> level they are banned from their account.  
>
> I'm trying to come up with a way to say this: "'The
> community' can censor you and even toss you out of a
> particular room but you can only be blocked from the
> server entirely if you launch some kind of
> DoS/exploitation attack."

I don't think there's any conflict. Any IP address that launches a DoS 
attack is going to be blocked; it's a network administration issue that 
only exists because of the nature of TCP/IP. As long as we don't 
associate the address with an account and deactivate the account, I 
don't think you can consider it a ban.