[sldev] Tip of the iceberg...

[Tateru Nino]

It's a common misconception that griefers are always (or even
predominantly) free accounts. They surely do pay for their accounts when
they have to, and back in the heyday of SL griefing all of them were
paid accounts.

In any case, how the servers handle parcel media streams is probably a
teensy bit out-of-scope for viewer development discussions.

Carlo Wood wrote:
> 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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