Walter Sobchak Security for The Dudeism Forum

[meekon5]

...and though i'd been banning their ips it seems like they have some sort of dynamic ip generator and use various ips. not sure how that works...

Unfortunately many ISP's (Internet Service Providers, and companies now) use DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) rather than fixed IP. Which means every time someone logs on they can have a different IP. It's easier for admins because all you do is manage a range of IP's and users PC's pick the next off the stack. We tend to only use fixed IP's for servers now. So unless you know the IP range their provider is using you cant really block individual IP's.

[Tripnastic]

wanted the .com address but it'd been taken. the company wants like 30,000 bucks for it. fucking fascists. but org is pretty good. wonderful suffix.

Whoa..That's a lot of money for something that seems...well...well....imaginary? I don't want to get all deep and everything, but it's not like it's an object that you can hold in your hand. And it's not like .com is rare and they aren't making any more.

I need to not post on Mondays.

[Tripnastic]

OH MAN! I just realized it's Wednesday. 

[meekon5]

Whoa..That's a lot of money for something that seems...well...well....imaginary?...

You should see the prices of a ".tv", Tuvalu sold the rights a few years ago, and made quite a bit of cash from it.

[cckeiser]

OH MAN! I just realized it's Wednesday. 

?...what day is this....?

[DigitalBuddha]

OH MAN! I just realized it's Wednesday. 

Do you have a job, sir?

[Tripnastic]

OH MAN! I just realized it's Wednesday.  

Do you have a job, sir?

Do I have a job?....that's not the issue here!

[DigitalBuddha]

OH MAN! I just realized it's Wednesday.  

Do you have a job, sir?

Do I have a job?....that's not the issue here!

No indeed, and dude, "Wednesday" is not the preferred nomenclature; hump day, please. 

[DigitalBuddha]

A Dudeism Troll Patrol report................

OK, dudes, just filing a DTP report here.

RE.: Troll and spam extermination
DATE: 5:13 AM 1/22/2011

* Over the last 3 weeks I have, not including cckeiser dude's kills, aced about 25 spam posts. The usual shit; tennis shoe ads, porno, the odd get rich program bullshit, make my johnson bigger pills, etc., and unless I'm not seeing the shit cc has put in a world of pain and deleted, it seems that we are not being pissed on as much as we were a few weeks ago.

That, of course, doesn't mean these nihilists bastards aren't going to come back, so vigilance is called for. Across this line, THEY DO NOT!

* A concern arose about a member called 'fishex99;" a question of "is it a real dude or a trolling spammer?" So far his posts are little more than crap like "thank you posting this" or "thank you for posting that" in reply to other dudes's posts. That is about all that gets posted by fishex99. See - http://dudeism.com/smf/index.php?topic=1606.msg15436;topicseen#msg15436

The concern is that he (or she) has 3 links to websites selling tropical fish. cckeiser dude decided to PM him/her and ask the dude to remove the links in his signature that are really just ads. Time will tell what he/she does. I'm guessing that if they are not removed, they will be removed and "fishex99" might be banned as a spammer.



* Any other dude want to add or bring some new shit to light, fucking eh, please do, mang.

OK, dudes, that's it for now.

Abide

[cckeiser]

There is no reply from fishex99 to my pm, but the links are in his/her signature and I am loth to just ban him/her for that. Like dude...I have a link in my signature too. I can remove the links from fishex99's signature, but I would prefer to tread very lightly in that regard and not just go willy-nilly deleting, changing or banning anyone unless they prove themselves a real pain in the ass.
So far I don't see fishex99 as such. Just an odd post here and there with his fishy links in his signature that are not really harmful.
Just wish the dude would post something worthy for a change.

[Tripnastic]

 CC-  about the link in your sig, is that something you support or is it your own work?  I saw one of the stickers yesterday at a restaurant here in St.Louis, I managed to snap a camera phone pic but haven't uploaded it yet

[cckeiser]

CC-  about the link in your sig, is that something you support or is it your own work?  I saw one of the stickers yesterday at a restaurant here in St.Louis, I managed to snap a camera phone pic but haven't uploaded it yet

Yeah, Do No Harm was started by Clyde and myself. Read the "In The News" page on the web site to see how it all got started.
But actually all I did was write an essay, it's really mostly Clyde who turned it into a "movement". It's his web site and he's the one with all the free stuff. I try to spread the message on the internet. Try to take it beyond the choir, like here on Dudeism. I think Dudeism and Do No Harm is a pretty good fit. If you're doing no harm you're abiding. If you're abiding...you're doing no harm!

[DigitalBuddha]

There is no reply from fishex99 to my pm, but the links are in his/her signature and I am loth to just ban him/her for that. Like dude...I have a link in my signature too. I can remove the links from fishex99's signature, but I would prefer to tread very lightly in that regard and not just go willy-nilly deleting, changing or banning anyone unless they prove themselves a real pain in the ass.
So far I don't see fishex99 as such. Just an odd post here and there with his fishy links in his signature that are not really harmful.
Just wish the dude would post something worthy for a change.

Yeah, IMHO letting fish dude abide is cool. Sometimes to solve troll or spamming problems mods on other forums I've seen get ban crazy and take the axe to people who are not really fucking with them. So we have to be liberal I would say. There isn't a problem here, the only assholes to get nailed have been legit spammer.

Have to say though, that the link in your signature is not spam or trying to sell some shit, and  I don't think that a link in a dude's signature has to directly relate to TBL for sure.

[DigitalBuddha]

Just aced this asshole. Obviously he's not a golfer and has no frame of reference here.............



Another dipshit with a nine towed women.

[cckeiser]

Ok dudes, forumdudes fix of not allowing any new member to post links looks like it's working. We just had 2 new members with spam links in their signature get blocked from posting. Actually I think it was the same spammer trying to post to the board with a different name. Both members had the same spam links. They were trying to sell watches and shoes dude!