Re: [Fgs-bs] Status and stuff

[Desired Username]

--- tps12 <address@hidden> wrote:
> Desired Username wrote:
> > What about, say, a buffer overrun exploit in the
> > server?  I guess we'd have to take the whole thing
> > down and fix it anyway, banning a particular user
> > isn't going to do anything.  Eh?
> 
> You fascists always eventually go for the security
> angle. But yes, I'd 
> agree with you that such a situation would require
> taking the server down.
> 
> Also, this makes me think of versioning...once the
> protocol is closer to 
> what we have in mind, and I guess once we have a
> functioning client, we 
> should have a way for the server to notify the
> client of a new protocol 
> version, including a short description. I'll just
> call this a FEETURE 
> for future reference.

Maybe a "severity", too, so a client can fail
gracefully if it knows it isn't going to work.

> > I dunno, this whole "not banning people" thing is
> > really alien.  We need some people with
> experience,
> > like from $A_CERTAIN_WEBSITE. (Name variablized to
> > protect the guilty.)
> 
> Ebay? I'm actually not sure I follow you.

$A_CERTAIN_TECH_SITE.  Of $A_CERTAIN_LEAF-LIKE_COLOR.

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