[sldev] [PROPOSAL] IP / Computer Black / White / Greylist and attempted login log.

[John Hurliman]

Matthew Dowd wrote:
>
> > Do most web services provide this feature? Do your banks and credit
> > cards and brokerage accounts give you this feature? None of mine do, 
> and
> > I'm curious why these measures are needed for Second Life but not to
> > manage any other assets over the net.
>
> My bank displays the time date and ip of the last 
> successful/unsuccesful logon - but doesn't do whitelisting etc.
>  
> Matthew

That's because the first time someone setup a whitelist without having 
any idea what an IP address or dynamic IPs were and locked themselves 
out of the account the bank would have to pay someone in tech support to 
walk them through unlocking the account. If you are working on a 
technical solution to a problem and it requires end users to understand 
what an IP address, certificate, or public/private keypair are you 
should stop right there and start over again.

John