Posted by Shame on February 8, 2006, at 12:33:30
In reply to Re: Question about using another computer. » Shame, posted by Phillipa on February 8, 2006, at 11:57:58
> No it's when two people post from the same computer or have the same server. See the faq. Fondly, Phillipa
I understand the same two people on the same computer thing, but as far as two people using the same server is concerned... We have 200 people in the building and we all go through the same gateway routed via NAT. Thats the case with many small ISPs and access point home networks. Every computer behind a properly firewalled NAT router will look like the same machine to the outside world. A 'stub' domain like this is much more common than a flat IP address space. If your posting from a NAT routed DHCP network behind a firewall that mirrors its MAC address instead of allowing the client PC to expose theirs, there is no traceablility as far as the outside world is concerned. Thats the way it is supposed to be.
Under these cirumstances, if someone else inside my network posts to dr-bob, then I may get banned? As far as I can see, the FAQ only addresses two people on the same machine. Multiple logins from the same machine can be sorted out via cookies easlily enough, but there is no reliable way to distinguish individuals behind stub domains.
Am I missing something here?
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