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Axel
2002-11-23 11:13:31
Sadly, it's fairly easy to cheat this game when it relies to the UserAgent information only.  I'm using Mozilla and fooled around a bit to see how easy it was, and it didn't complain a bit.  Wouldn't it be a good idea to do a IP check as well when a post was done to a board?  Just to check that a certain IP doesn't change browser over, let's say an hour?  I can easily change my useragent in seconds or even run multiple browsers to cheat this game.  Though it may mean a lot of work, the game would be better with a function like that.  What do you think?  wink
Stephen Brooks
2002-11-23 13:35:03
That doesn't actually seem too hard a thing to implement.  It would also fix another bug whereby someone in a locked game (lock is done by IP) switches browser.  When I get a spare evening I'll look into it.


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