Re: client - server

[Micheal Espinola Jr <michealespinola () gmail com>]

What is the game?  Perhaps they are blocking you by an internal
User/Player ID number.

I know that's how "effective" blocking is done in CounterStrike:Source.


On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:49:01 +0100, Matteo Giannone <rebonzo () libero it> wrote:
> It is impossible that they banned a block of addresses of my ISP, because that
> is a webserver where you "play games": most of the people playing games there
> use my same ISP and also live near me.
>
> I am sure that my IP address changes in couple of hours after disconnections.
>
> I deleted cookies, changed computer name, used different browsers....
> ActiveX controls are disabled by default on Internet explorer.
>
> I really don't understand how they can ban me.
>
> Are you all sure they cannot know my MAC address? I think they know it when I
> connect to the server (i remember something of TCP/IP stack and
> encapsulation/decapsulation)....
>
>
> > Most likely they might have blocked the entire pool of IP belonging to
> > your ISP try to visit the website with a proxy server
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:29:18 -0500, Eric Windisch <lists () bwbohh net> wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 02:43 +0100, Matteo Giannone wrote:
> > > > - a simple ip check doesn't work with dynamic addresses...
> > >
> > > It will work for as long as your IP is valid.  They can also ban the
> > > entire IP block (aka, your ISP)
> > >
> > > > - computer name can be changed
> > > > - mac address can be changed (even I wasn't able to, because I have a usb
> > > dsl
> > > > modem and I cannot change its MAC working with regedit or using tools like
> > > smac )
> > >
> > > Your browser will not (or should not, anyway) reveal your "computer
> > > name" or mac address.
> > >
> > > > Anything else ?
> > >
> > > User-agents and referers.  Some browsers can send quite a bit of
> > > information in the user-agent string.
> > >
> > > It could also be a content filter between you and the web site in
> > > question.  Schools and parents setup these to censor the surfing of
> > > children.  Many companies filter their content too, due to the
> > > distraction (and legal ramifications) brought about by warez and
> > > pornography.
> > >
> > > > How the hell do they recognize me ?
> > >
> > > By the tin-foil hat ;)
> > >
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