I have a contact Theresa.Ford@xxxxxxxxx who has been heavily involved with muds for several years on the administrative level. I sent your message to her, so it's likely she'll send you answers to your questions. Rot47: <;F56]52D9:6==@?2GJ]>:=> -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tyler Littlefield Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 12:50 To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: 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 Begin forwarded message: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind