[opensource-dev] Banning by client

[Malachi]

as far as i can tell the detection is done by loading a url on the client.  
the browser in the client loads the url which is a server side script that  
rips apart the header of the post and searches for a certain part which  
happens to be the name of the client. if the name of the client matches  
the preset list created by skills then the name and uuid of the avatar is  
sent back to the system inworld and triggers the banning process on that  
avatar.

this exact same method is used in various other detection systems already  
on the market. some even allow the end user to customize which clients  
they do not allow. i do believe that any system that is set up to ban or  
remove unwanted clients should be left at the users choice. personally  
there are a few clients that i do no tolerate anywhere near me. while  
others i dont mind. but im not going to give someone else the right to ban  
people from my land because they dont like the client those users are  
using. Skills is not a Linden and should not have the authority to decide  
which clients are allowed and which ones are not.

On Sun, 02 May 2010 15:56:02 -0300, Carlo Wood <carlo at alinoe.com> wrote:

> On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 06:53:49PM -0400, Glen Canaday wrote:
>> Though WHY anyone wouldn't want to come HERE to talk about client
>> detection is far beyond my grasp. That's like AVG not wanting to talk to
>> Microsoft.
>
> Probably because it's a moronic asshole, who is only
> interested in making money with the product and doesn't
> care if 1% are false positives.  Not until LL comes
> knocking on their door anyway.
>
> I guess that the only reasonable response (unless LL
> wants to get involved) is to find out how the detection
> works and write a patch that makes SURE it won't be
> detected (which then can be used by everyone, but malicious
> viewers will do this anyway, whether or not we do or not).
>
> So, how does this thing "detect" the mentioned "signature"?
>


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