- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Halo_tru7h
Bungie already has such a thing, but rarely uses it. Its called a IP address, each computer has a unique kinda code, called a IP.
Internet Protocol address. It's basically the number any device that hooks up to the internet is assigned for identification purposes. One of the reasons Bungie doesn't follow by them is because of DHCP. DHCP is basically dynamic IP. That means that the user can simply drop the IP address and pick up another. Though not all internet users have DHCP, a large number of them do. The only way Bungie could ever ban somebody with a DHCP successfully would be to ban a certain network range which would result in multiple IP address bannings on the same ISP meaning that several innocent users would be banned as well. That's the reason why it is rarely used, for those who didn't know.
In other words... IP banning is pretty worthless unless it's set in stone (static IP addresses).
--Tazmaniandude
[Edited on 10/4/2005]