Re: Limiting Multiplayers..

From: d. hall (dhall@OOI.NET)
Date: 08/26/98


>>>>>> thus on Wed, 26 Aug 1998 12:43:44 -0400, Stephen wrote:

> this code will make it so that no more than two characters with the same
> host name can log on..combine this with some ident code, then thjat
> should cure multiplaying since people will have either an individual ip,
> or a login name..

> btw, are there any cases that would not fall under these two assumptions?

Any college or ISP unix server that isn't running identd is pretty much
hosed by this.

I'm not saying you can't run it, but a lot of college players tend to play
from the same machine.  I firmly believe that any public access unix system
should be running some form of identd.

d.


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