Re: [VANILLA-LIST:3059] wish: authenticated access for bypassing bans

[Dave Ahn <ahn@vec.wfubmc.edu>]

On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 10:30:57PM +1100, James Cameron wrote:
> 
> Any ideas for how to implement some sort of authenticated access, i.e.
> mark certain character names as permitted to bypass bans.

You should ban one of the subdomains.  Most of the uu.net access have
subdomains that identify geographic region.

We could add a flag to the player structure that can be checked after
the netrek login, then if the deny bit is set, reject the player if
he is logging in from a banned domain.

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