Mercurial > prosody-wiki
changeset 350:0e0883870058
Edited wiki page mod_muc_ban_ip through web user interface.
| author | MWild1@gmail.com |
|---|---|
| date | Thu, 09 May 2013 10:58:01 +0000 |
| parents | f11f8c63384b |
| children | 817e175c37df |
| files | mod_muc_ban_ip.wiki |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/mod_muc_ban_ip.wiki Thu May 09 10:36:10 2013 +0000 +++ b/mod_muc_ban_ip.wiki Thu May 09 10:58:01 2013 +0000 @@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ One frequent complaint about XMPP chatrooms (MUCs) compared to IRC is the inability for a room admin to ban a user based on their IP address. This is because an XMPP user is not identified on the network by their IP address, only their JID. -This means that it is possible to create a new account (often quite easy), and rejoin the room that you were banned from. +This means that it is possible to create a new account (usually quite easily), and rejoin the room that you were banned from. -This module allows the *user's* server to enforce IP-bans, which is very desirable for server admins who want to prevent their server being used for spamming and abusive behaviour. +This module allows the *user's* server to enforce bans by IP address, which is very desirable for server admins who want to prevent their server being used for spamming and abusive behaviour. = Details = @@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ * The user's server MUST have this module loaded, however - * The module works even when the MUC is on a different server to the user - * The module works for banning [http://prosody.im/doc/anonymous_logins anonymous users] + * The MUC server does not need this module (it only needs to support the [http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0045.html#ban standard ban protocol]) + * The module works for effectively banning [http://prosody.im/doc/anonymous_logins anonymous users] Also note that IP bans are not saved permanently, and are reset upon a server restart.