[sldev] Tip of the iceberg...

[Carlo Wood]

That is still very different.

A griefer is generally known as such and won't have payment info on file,
much less land that they can set the media url of. I suppose they could
have a parcel hired somewhere, but almost all parcels are invite-only:
I only enter parcels of friends that invited me.

If some random griefer wanted my IP# by having me connect to their
audio url, they'd have a hard time.

I'm sure it would become a very serious security problem when griefers
can grab the IP# from every noob the see in the distance, just by
wearing some attachment that gets people to connect to your url.

On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 03:02:06PM -0400, Dante Tucker wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Ann Otoole <missannotoole at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>     Very incorrect assumption Dante.
>     Shoutcast and video streams are not normally hosted on your local computer.
> 
> 
> No, not incorrect. :/
> 
> Shoutcast is not even needed infact. I can set up any webserver, that does not
> even have to serve audio. And just read the logs of who connected. A stock
> apache install with no modifications will accomplish this.
> 
> It's not a question of where streams are usually pointed. The fact is they can
> be pointed anywhere.
> 
> In fact you are proving you do not need a proxy for the plugins. Becuase under
> your logic, we can just assume people "are not normally" trying to grab your
> address, to use your phrasing.

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