[thelist] finding ip addresses

[martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com]

Memo from Martin P Burns of PricewaterhouseCoopers

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Hi Kris

Is there any scope for requiring registration/membership to post, with a
working email address being mandatory.
Then
a) you have a bit of accountability to contact the user and complain
b) It's easier for other members of the community to police it
c) You can revoke memberships which don't follow your ToS

It won't prevent abuse entirely, but it will cut it down as it's a lot of
hassle to reregister with a new email address just to be abusive on
a bbs.

Social engineering usually works better than pure technical solution.

Cheers
Martin


To:   thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject:  RE: [thelist] finding ip addresses

okay, have (finally) worked out where the message text files are being kept
and have found the ip address (read: one *badly* set up forum).

foolish question for today - how do i then identify the user from an ip
address... i've been to a whois service, found that the ip address refers
to
a large isp (bt internet), but beyond that, i'm stuck...


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