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| From: CJayC | Posted: 2/17/2004 9:57:32 PM | Message Detail |
| Thanks to one sociopath who got clever (registering the abandoned freemail addresses of long-gone contributors and claiming them as his own), it is currently impossible to register existing contributor accounts with new board accounts. I don't know a quick and simple way to fix this, unfortunately. But I'll see if I can't come up with something soon. --- I'm drunk with power! Wait, no, "Buttershots". I'm drunk with "Buttershots"! |
| From: Phediuk | Posted: 2/17/2004 9:58:37 PM | Message Detail |
| Cool. --- "Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle." -Toad in Super Mario Bros. |
| From: ZoopSoul | Posted: 2/17/2004 10:00:15 PM | Message Detail |
| Somebody's always gotta ruin something for everybody, so it seems. -Zoop --- IGN Guides: http://guides.ign.com/ "I got a kitty on my shoulder. I feel like a weird pirate" - BSulpher |
| From: Coffee | Posted: 2/17/2004 10:01:02 PM | Message Detail |
| I somewhat thought about how easy it would be to do that when the contributor registration came up. If I were you I'd just ban this guy's IP, unregister the accounts he got, and quietly slip it under the rug hoping no one else gets that clever. --- ''i love the n-gage don't say it sucks. Do you think you're cool when you say these things? Cause you're not.'' - Swordfish712 |
| From: StarFighters76 | Posted: 2/17/2004 10:01:23 PM | Message Detail |
| Could, someone explain what I just missed? --- Just say I'm right or prove me wrong which is it? Let's understand one thing here, I'm suppose to be the one going insane, not you! |
| From: Mr Jason | Posted: 2/17/2004 10:04:30 PM | Message Detail |
| [This message was deleted at the request of the original poster] |
| From: Mr Jason | Posted: 2/17/2004 10:04:57 PM | Message Detail |
| So, pretty much what you are saying is, that if you get banned, you cannot use your Contributor account on the new board name? Why didn't you just ban his IP for stealing others names? --- Thank you, St. Peter. I look forward to hearing your response to the following: ( | ) This is your ass. It is very fat.-Seanbaby |
| From: CJayC | Posted: 2/17/2004 10:05:34 PM | Message Detail |
| You can't ban people's IP addresses. It doesn't work. Furthermore, once this one guy gets caught, there's nothing stopping him from announcing what he's done to the rest of the world or someone else figuring it out. He started slow and was pretty clever about it, but then he got greedy. That's how these things usually work. The problem is in trying to undo the damage that's been done. It's not going to be easy at all; there's no changelog of contributor merges. --- I'm drunk with power! Wait, no, "Buttershots". I'm drunk with "Buttershots"! |
| From: Mr Jason | Posted: 2/17/2004 10:07:58 PM | Message Detail |
| Can't there be some sort of ID system similar to the underage user rule? Or a primary email adress to double-confirm everything? This could be a problem in the future.... --- Thank you, St. Peter. I look forward to hearing your response to the following: ( | ) This is your ass. It is very fat.-Seanbaby |
| From: Devin Morgan | Posted: 2/17/2004 10:10:42 PM | Message Detail |
| How do you ID an online alias, Jason? It's not like the guy behind the name Dingo Jellybean has that name on his license or something... --- Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 Prolific Writers' Ranking Page: http://www.accentral.net/list.php |
| From: Mr Jason | Posted: 2/17/2004 10:12:20 PM | Message Detail |
| Good point...Although Jeff COULD require some personal info, simple things, such as your full name. Nothing to release to the public, though. --- Thank you, St. Peter. I look forward to hearing your response to the following: ( | ) This is your ass. It is very fat.-Seanbaby |
| From: Devin Morgan | Posted: 2/17/2004 10:14:21 PM | Message Detail |
| Even then, not everyone uses their real names on their CRP info... --- Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 Prolific Writers' Ranking Page: http://www.accentral.net/list.php |
| From: Mr Jason | Posted: 2/17/2004 10:18:27 PM | Message Detail |
| No, no, not CRP, a system similar to the Private email form. What I'm saying is, if you wanted to, the form can be used as a safeguard in case something happends on the message board. For example, a user can put either his first or last name, address, or some other info on a special confirmation list, similar to the Private email that others can't see. If something happends, you can just use a Student ID or some other form of Identification to confirm you are that person, and bam, it is registerd on that name. --- Thank you, St. Peter. I look forward to hearing your response to the following: ( | ) This is your ass. It is very fat.-Seanbaby |
| From: CJayC | Posted: 2/17/2004 10:18:44 PM | Message Detail |
| The thing is, he was going after contributors from 1998-2000... People that have long left GameFAQs and let their Hotmail or other freemail accounts expire. Today, I'd imagine that the only people who are registering existing contributor accounts are those who are just using more than one board username. This should be fairly simple logic to add in; only allow registration if the contributor ID is in active use. Otherwise, force it to e-mail. I'll look at something along these lines soon... Right now, I've just got to clean up what damage I can from this kid. --- I'm drunk with power! Wait, no, "Buttershots". I'm drunk with "Buttershots"! |
| From: djg40 | Posted: 2/17/2004 10:19:13 PM | Message Detail |
| Why would someone want to do that in the first place? What does he gain? --- Psycho Penguin: "I don't know how I got so high." Current Project(s): Snake Rattle 'N' Roll (NES) |
| From: Mr Jason | Posted: 2/17/2004 10:21:30 PM | Message Detail |
| Hmmmm...I see, a similar system to the lockdown of LUE, only pertaining to the Contributors that have abandon their accounts... --- Thank you, St. Peter. I look forward to hearing your response to the following: ( | ) This is your ass. It is very fat.-Seanbaby |
| From: Masamune3 | Posted: 2/17/2004 11:05:05 PM | Message Detail |
| I'd actually thought of the possibility some time back, but of course, I never tried it or anything. --- ZeroSHIFT - Space compressing to a location near you... "your lyrics switched around / the mixture watered down" |
| From: curiouscouple | Posted: 2/18/2004 2:14:28 AM | Message Detail |
| You could try using zip codes. A user registering a name for a past account would have to match a zip code provided for the previous account registering the contributions. Of course it is not a perfect system but if you tell them to make sure they remember the same zip code if the get banned. I am not sure how easy of a process this would be to implement but it might work. --- Best Video game site ever http://www.lik-sang.com/default.php?lsaid=227685 |
| From: StarFighters76 | Posted: 2/18/2004 2:22:37 AM | Message Detail |
| Would someone explain what exactly happend? --- Just say I'm right or prove me wrong which is it? Let's understand one thing here, I'm suppose to be the one going insane, not you! |
| From: Voices Backup | Posted: 2/18/2004 2:24:10 AM | Message Detail |
| Jeff, isn't there something CNet can do about this person? Like lawyers (he did steal the work of other people and claim them as his own) or tracking him down or setting up a system to track people that do this? CNet probably has other people that know how do use VBScript or whatever you programmed GameFAQs in and maybe they can take a look at your current system and propose changes/improvements for security. --- Voices' Backup Account Voices Old Level: 31/New Level: Suspended (-1) |
| From: StarFighters76 | Posted: 2/18/2004 2:26:56 AM | Message Detail |
| Apparently this happend before CNet, so I don't think anything can be done. Besides, aren't you the one obsessed with CNet, and if so, why? --- Just say I'm right or prove me wrong which is it? Let's understand one thing here, I'm suppose to be the one going insane, not you! |
| From: Aqueous Cross | Posted: 2/18/2004 2:59:45 AM | Message Detail |
| ah well :( --- *Sees dead bird on school bus* *Is hit by school bus* |
| From: thekingofthisgame | Posted: 2/18/2004 3:51:36 AM | Message Detail |
| That's terrible! Hope you figure out what to do, Jeff. --- I cannot stress the above message enough. |
| From: TimmyTheRabidTurtle | Posted: 2/18/2004 4:33:21 AM | Message Detail |
| Ugh... Damn humans... --- "It's like the time I forgot what a pear was called." - Katie PioneerGaming.com |
| From: bowser194 | Posted: 2/18/2004 4:51:12 AM | Message Detail |
| From: djg40 | Posted: 2/18/2004 1:19:13 AM | Message Detail Why would someone want to do that in the first place? What does he gain? That is a question that should be asked about many things. --- SIGN MY PETITION! System Notification when the TOS is updated. (581 signs) cgi.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.asp?board=7&topic=12270969 |
| From: BSulpher | Posted: 2/18/2004 7:03:58 AM | Message Detail |
| Why does it happen? It happens because people are stupid and do things solely for the purpose of creating trouble. --- Yap, yap, yap! Shut your trap! - Flak |
| From: War Doc | Posted: 2/18/2004 8:28:40 AM | Message Detail |
| You are so right Brian. Seems that people have nothing else better to do with their lives. Oh well, I still believe that things balance themselves out. Those who gain things by theft and lying will get theirs eventually. Sorry to hear about this one Jeff. It's hard to put in a lot of hard work and have someone pull this kind of stunt and ruin for those who actually do the work. --- 1 lb C4, 200 ft det cord, cable, and battery is a great problem solver Living by chance, loving by choice, killing by profession |
| From: kenb215 | Posted: 2/18/2004 8:54:52 AM | Message Detail |
| I was wondering how easy this was since I signed up. Glad I already have my backup account registered. --- I need a new sig. |
| From: Avan | Posted: 2/18/2004 9:17:09 AM | Message Detail |
| Admittedly, it was a smart idea though. --- Attention, active Virtual-On pilots; VOGZ wants you! A club fully dedicated to the game, helping casual gamers and hardcore experts alike. <<http://www.vogz.cjb.net>> |
| From: Scooter McDue | Posted: 2/18/2004 11:10:57 AM | Message Detail |
| Maybe if you had to use your main (original) account to select a preference that enabled other accounts to register with that contributor profile. For old accounts, there would be nobody to activate the feature, so you wouldn't be able to register with that contributor profile, but if it was activated, then you could set up a special password for that. Just trying to think of something, this is the best I could come up with. --- "All proceeds go into a special Bungie slush fund to buy pizza for everyone when we take over the world" -Halo Soundtrack |
| From: Happybuddha311 | Posted: 2/18/2004 11:23:28 AM | Message Detail |
| So what happens to the contributions that were merged? Will they be merged with the "Anonymous" account? At any rate you should give us the name of this theif and we can TAKE HIM DOWNTOWN OH YEAH! *Smashes fists together* IT'S CLOBBERIN TIME!!!! --- Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb. |
| From: ABlaster | Posted: 2/18/2004 11:32:13 AM | Message Detail |
| okay! --- ABlaster | FAQs: 6 KB: 1562| Reviews: 6 KB: 38| Codes: 137 | What's the big idea with signatures!? |
| From: nintendomaster14 | Posted: 2/18/2004 12:09:12 PM | Message Detail |
| Oh my god. This happened with Yahoo as well. People got insane when trying to crack into accounts. --- FAQs: 15 (1630KB) | Prolific |FFX-2 | BSalari |
| From: Duke Leto Atredies | Posted: 2/18/2004 12:45:33 PM | Message Detail |
| happy and I will stab him in the face with a 90 watt soldering iron --- NICE! - Opie and Anthony [defeatist attitude] Dr. Kynes->FAQs Contributed: 5 (103KB) - (Reviews: 8)(Game Saves: 11)(Codes: 1) |
| From: FFMrebirth | Posted: 2/18/2004 1:08:14 PM | Message Detail |
| That sucks for the site big time :T I thought CNET had a lot of legal backing and could take care of these mischievous turds :X --- FAQs: 12 (500KB) Reviews: 80 (425KB) |
| From: HOmie g StRINg | Posted: 2/18/2004 1:23:14 PM | Message Detail |
| Some people are actually getting smart. I know there's gonna be one time where someone is going to hack into gamefaqs. --- Warrior Division Leader of The Dojang Legend of Zelda Army |
| From: NightingaleNT | Posted: 2/18/2004 5:20:12 PM | Message Detail |
| is it possible to ban MAC addresses? Just wondering... --- GAT-X939 MAMBO Gundam |
| From: BSulpher | Posted: 2/18/2004 6:40:17 PM | Message Detail |
| ^^^^^^ No FAQs, asks a question about getting IP Banned... Okay, any takers on what he is doing that he is so worried about that? --- Yap, yap, yap! Shut your trap! - Flak |
| From: NightingaleNT | Posted: 2/18/2004 7:29:18 PM | Message Detail |
| Not planning anything. Just making a suggestion. But, because CjayC said IP banning doesn't work, I guess MAC banning wouldn't work, either. It was just a helpful suggestion, no evil intentions here, BSulpher ^_^ --- GAT-X939 MAMBO Gundam |
| From: Yami Yugi2 | Posted: 2/19/2004 4:31:48 AM | Message Detail |
| [This message was deleted at the request of the original poster] |
| From: Yami Yugi2 | Posted: 2/19/2004 4:33:32 AM | Message Detail |
| Does this mean that the name I use as my contributor one cannot be used as an account? --- "Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people." - Oscar Wilde. |
| From: Corbon440 | Posted: 2/19/2004 8:00:26 AM | Message Detail |
| ^ Yes. Speaking of hijacking a board account AND a CRP, look at this guy (It's the Elite board but you can see UIP's nonetheless) http://cgi.gamefaqs.com/boards/whois.asp?user=1071&board=423&topic=11386056 RLafaurie is an old contributor (1998-99) but his CRP was recently re-registered under a completely different (and stupid) name. --- I|¯ I|¯| I|¯) I|¯) I|¯| I|\ | I|_ I|_| I|¯\ I|_) I|_| I| \| 440 [357 and counting...] |
| From: Corbon440 | Posted: 2/19/2004 8:05:09 AM | Message Detail |
| *Looks at Yami Yugi2's email address* And that account was "given" to you, eh...? --- I|¯ I|¯| I|¯) I|¯) I|¯| I|\ | I|_ I|_| I|¯\ I|_) I|_| I| \| 440 [357 and counting...] |
| From: Yami Yugi2 | Posted: 2/19/2004 11:59:36 AM | Message Detail |
| I get it now, and yes. It was given to me, I have the chat log where I was told the password to prove it. If I could steal accounts I wouldn't go near a Yu-Gi-Oh one. --- "Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people." - Oscar Wilde. |
| From: Yami Yugi2 | Posted: 2/19/2004 1:40:50 PM | Message Detail |
| I get what it is now, my new account can't be linked to this one. --- "Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people." - Oscar Wilde. |
| From: Xythar | Posted: 2/19/2004 2:49:21 PM | Message Detail |
| is it possible to ban MAC addresses? Just wondering... Wouldn't matter, considering that anyone with a router can change their MAC address in seconds. --- -Xythar Darkmoon, Master Magus Interested in RPG Trivia on IRC? Check out http://www.angelfire.com/rpg2/rpgtrivia/ |
| From: NightingaleNT | Posted: 2/19/2004 3:24:35 PM | Message Detail |
| The mac address is unique to each NIC card...you can't change it, because it's burned on the NIC. At least, that's what I was told back in school. If a router can change that, time's have really changed... --- GAT-X939 MAMBO Gundam |
| From: XtremeGamer99 | Posted: 2/19/2004 3:32:07 PM | Message Detail |
| Hasn't anyone noticed that CJayC only replyes two times in one post. It is like he is restriced... 0.o --- My first site: www.freewebs.com/xtremegamer99/ Members needed: xxtremegamer99.proboards26.com/ |
| From: FetusMAN | Posted: 2/19/2004 5:45:01 PM | Message Detail |
| Gah! I would hate for someone to take my work and claim it as his own. --- damn posting limit: it's just instincts, you successfully hunted and killed the water bottle, now it's mating time |
| From: Xythar | Posted: 2/19/2004 6:24:30 PM | Message Detail |
| The mac address is unique to each NIC card...you can't change it, because it's burned on the NIC. At least, that's what I was told back in school. If a router can change that, time's have really changed... You can't change it for a NIC, but that's only if you have your broadband modem connected directly to your PC via a NIC. If you have the modem connected to a router, and the router connected to your PC, you can change the router's MAC address whenever you like. I do it occasionally when I want a new IP. --- -Xythar Darkmoon, Master Magus Interested in RPG Trivia on IRC? Check out http://www.angelfire.com/rpg2/rpgtrivia/ |
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