[sadiq2ubuntu]

So...how will 4.2 handle a case like this...two players using the same computer? Will it be possible to use 2 accounts? Will those 2 players be forced to play with the same passport?

[Zen]

It would seem to me that passport could be a benefit to this situation.
The old way, an IP just got banned, and you are both SOL.
But the passport way, your account get's banned, but your roommate's may not? (not sure about this).

However (and this probably goes toward your question) I would think that to prevent exploitation, passport may block multiple accounts with matching IPs so someone can't just register a bunch, and switch out whenever one get's banned.
So personally, I would like to think that you'd need to jump through some hoops to get more than one passport account per IP (per computer). The harder it is, the less likely it is to be exploited.

BUT, I'm just talking here, because I have nothing to do with passport.

[Mod ObScUrE]

everyone can use his own account
but I don't know how it is integrated in UrT4.2 eventually you need 2copys of it or replace a file or need to login or...

[mitsubishi]

It's a weird situation.

On one hand you may have a hacker using 2 passports to overcome punishment once.

On the other a popular internet cafe may be banned unjustly just because one user hacked.

[Mod ObScUrE]

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On one hand you may have a hacker using 2 passports to overcome punishment once.

passport auto ban works only for 24h / notoriety level takes time or money / a hacker that doesn't hack is only a unbanned ass**** / UAA ban list or other ban lists are secondary.

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On the other a popular internet cafe may be banned unjustly just because one user hacked.

internet cafes don't make a passport account for the users normally / but some admins could still prefer Ip bans.

[mitsubishi]

wat? why can't anyone login with any passport on a net cafe?

[Mod ObScUrE]

that is not the point.
the passport account is only assigned to the user/player and not to everyone else ther.

This post has been edited by ObScUrE: 30 March 2010 - 02:18 AM

[mitsubishi]

hence if ip is banned whole net cafe may be banned. [they often use same connection]

[Zen]

mitsubishi, on 30 March 2010 - 08:29 AM, said:

hence if ip is banned whole net cafe may be banned. [they often use same connection]

Not if all you need to play is your passport account. An IP ban wouldn't be necessary, and the rest of the Cafe will be fine.

However, I have some problems with this if the passport account is only a log-in.
In order to be truly effective, I think that it should be a part of the UrT4.2 installation. In other words, it wont be portable. I think that this could be a problem for some people, but how many people really play UrT in Cafe's?
Passport account unbound to software means that joe-cheater can use a million email addresses and a dialup host with floating IP addresses (or proxy) to register 100 passport accounts all ahead of the fun and chaos to ensue.

This post has been edited by Zen: 30 March 2010 - 01:41 PM