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Date:      Tue, 27 Jul 1999 07:29:32 -0400
From:      Rod Taylor <dark@idiotswitch.org>
To:        "Francisco Reyes" <francisco@natserv.com>, FreeBSd Chat list <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD essentials
Message-ID:  <99072707323300.76617@a11.idiotswitch.org>
References:  <199907271113.HAA00417@vulcan.addy.com>

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On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Francisco Reyes wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Jul 1999 09:25:18 +0200, Phil Regnauld wrote:
> 
> >Francisco Reyes writes:
> >> http://natserv.com/francisco/Geeky_Goodies/FreeBSD_Essentials/freebsd_essentials.html
> >	Needs to be filled out more -- maybe use a table.

> >How about checkboxes, and a script to collect how "popular" each port
> >is (so the list can be ordered on popularity).
> 
> I like the idea except that until someone can suggest a good way
> to prevent false votes it is not of much use. Take for example
> what happened with Distributed net recently. Someone falsified
> stats just "to proof it could be done and that they lacked
> proper security".

Whelp... You could use the IP and block it from voting again for 2 hours or
something.  This would allow dynamic people to both vote (should they get the
ip), and wouldn't allow one person to load it up very quickly.

That combined with email verification, where the vote is only passed if the
email is different would sufficiently block off most loadings....  

Then again.... Anyone with a c-class also has a ream of email addresses :)

--
Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where 
you heard it. -Laurence J. Peter 
(contributed by Chris Johnston) 
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Rod Taylor



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