On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Long-time ago, I suggested adding a short-duration cookie whenever a >> block was triggered that would allow the software to detect the most >> obvious IP jumping vandals (asumming they used the same browser on the >> same machine each time). It doesn't get at the bulk of Tomek's >> criticism, but it does fall in the other-things-we-could-do category. > > Deleting cookies is far easier than changing IP addresses.
I generally operate on the assumption that 90% of vandals of dumb. Yes, one can clear cookies, but one has to figure it out and think to do that, which I would assume most wouldn't. -Robert Rohde _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
