Re: ot: protecting a public service from script kiddies
- From: Tyler Littlefield <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:01:32 -0700
awesome, thanks for passing that on.
Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield
http://tds-solutions.net
Twitter: sorressean
On Jan 25, 2010, at 11:27 AM, DaShiell, Jude T. CIV NAVAIR 1490, 1, 26 wrote:
> 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]>:=>
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> 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
>>
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