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  15     <B>Andy Smith</B>
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  19     <I>Fri Mar 23 00:55:01 PST 2001</I>
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  34 <PRE>Mark Hetherington &lt;<A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">markh at eurodltd.co.uk</A>&gt; writes:
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  36 &gt;<i> &gt; &gt; Maybe emulate the system used for Car radios etc. After the
  37 </I>&gt;<i> &gt; first failure of
  38 </I>&gt;<i> &gt; &gt; 3 &quot;suspend&quot; the nickname for 1 hour, then 2 hours then 4 hours
  39 </I>&gt;<i> &gt; etc until it
  40 </I>&gt;<i> &gt; &gt; is ultimately locked out entirely and an admin has to take
  41 </I>&gt;<i> &gt; steps to restore
  42 </I>&gt;<i> &gt; &gt; the nickname to the user after sufficient authentication.
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  44 </I>&gt;<i> &gt; A problem with this is that people then just try to identify to
  45 </I>&gt;<i> &gt; every nick there is, causing them all to be suspended and then no
  46 </I>&gt;<i> &gt; one can use NickServ...
  47 </I>&gt;<i>
  48 </I>&gt;<i> Only possible if they know the nickname(s) and by limiting the list commands
  49 </I>&gt;<i> users cannot get to and try them all. Generally nickname attacks are against
  50 </I>&gt;<i> specific individuals for a reason not just to do it.
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  52 So you think that if there were a simple, unstoppable way for
  53 someone to anonymously disable 50 or so nicknames, that no one would
  54 do it ever just for fun?  And what if they did have a grudge against
  55 an individual, that doesn't make it any more OK for them to be able
  56 to do it!
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  59 Andy Smith &lt;<A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">andy at strugglers.net</A>&gt;
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  61 &lt;thoughtless&gt; FUCK@ my knees hurt, i've been on them all day!
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