On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Peter Ajamian wrote:
>Ahhh, a perfect example. Because your browser (client) won't work with
>Zuggsoft you decide not to bother with them rather than changing your
>browser.
Nope, sorry, try again.
Zuggsoft probes the "netbios-ns" service on my machine, which I have
blocked for all but trusted hosts. They should not require a probe for
that service and I have it there for legitimate security reasons so I feel
no need to remove it for them. If they wanted identification, the identd
service is there for just that and it is not blocked. (Granted, I could
change my filter to reject instead of deny, but why require it in the first
place. Just like Doubleclick.net probes your Echo port on every page view.)
>The same holds true with a MUD, if someone's client doesn't work with
>your MUD they will most likely not bother playing your MUD rather than
>changing thier client. And most players could care less weather it's the
>MUD that has a bug or thier client.
These are two different statements:
"Your browser is too old so you cannot access this site."
"Your browser cannot handle frames, please consider upgrading to [LINK]."
I didn't say I wouldn't report the problem. I will, it'll just take longer
now.
>Exactly, so what can I do to keep those players who are using a "broken"
>client playing my MUD? Since I can't fix thier client, my only recourse
>is to make my MUD work with thier client.
Tell them why the problem occurs and how to fix it.
>> What do you think standards are for? Breaking?
>
>I don't think so, but apparently Zuggsoft does.
Especially with the netbios-ns probe. Must be Cold Fusion (.cfm)
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