| [Motd] IP addresses now tracked in comments | ANN.lu |
| Posted on 25-Aug-2000 19:25 GMT by Christian Kemp | 29 comments
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I've been forced by recent events to add a few lines of code to the
comments script that will serve to track and display the IP address of where any comment that is added originates from. This is pretty much superficial, as it doesn't solve the problem of fake names or a few people pretending to be somebody else, but at least it should make it easier to track the most obvious attempts at such forgery. I don't think tracking IP's is a good thing, but it seems to have become a necessary evil to at least try to keep ANN's comments from degrading any further. Thanks for your understanding.
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| Posted by Colin Wilson on 25-Aug-2000 22:00 GMT | For users accessing this site via a `doze based PC, there is a free (free for personal use) firewall available and is very highly recommended.
First, to check your current defenses (this should work for Amiga owners too btw) - go to:
www.grc.com
- follow the "shields up" link, and carry out the tests... I used to use Wingate for a home-based network, and that is supposed to secure your system - it doesn`t...
Then head straight for:
www.zonelabs.com
- and download ZoneAlarm - it`s a very easy to configure firewall, asks before any programs are let "out" onto the net (it uses a simple system of ticks to determine whether you let it out all the time, or force it to ask for permission). To give you an idea of how useful it is, I had a trojan that no virus checker has ever found - and ZoneAlarm stopped it dead in it`s tracks before it could spread any information from my system.
If you need a simple, easy to set up proxy program for the PC, try the one at:
www.analogx.com
- it`s very easy to set up and doesn`t interfere with the firewall program above :-) |
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