Fwd: ot: protecting a public service from script kiddies

I hope no-one minds me forwarding this along, it went to the speakup list, but 
I thought some people might have ideas here, as well.

                Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield
        http://tds-solutions.net
        Twitter: sorressean

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> From: Tyler Littlefield <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: January 25, 2010 10:47:25 AM MST
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: ot: protecting a public service from script kiddies
> Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Hello all,
> I've recently had the idea of setting up a mud hosting service for the many 
> people that seem to be springing up looking for a good service. Now, I have a 
> question.
> What sort of legalities should I be aware of in terms of this hosting? My 
> main concern so far is script kiddies and my box being a launchpad for spam 
> or anything that might be unethical or just not legal. I've had the idea of 
> doing something like a rate limit on outbound connections, but I'm not quite 
> sure how that should look or what I should rate limit.
> What sorts of things are generally logged by hosts? What sort of setup do 
> hosts that offer public services have? I plan on the normal TOS, (no porn, no 
> bos, stuff like that,) but just because it's there doesn't mean that it will 
> be violated. I've also considered something like a form of identification, or 
> just mailing said person a contract to sign with the same TOS, or maybe just 
> making them mail me a copy of their ID or something; how routine is this? I 
> want to make it easy to start a mud, and I'm a huge privacy freak, but I 
> don't want to make it so lax that I end up screwing myself over in the future 
> by trying to be nice.
> 
>               Thanks,
> Tyler Littlefield
>       http://tds-solutions.net
>       Twitter: sorressean
> 
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