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Community Building with ChatSpace Server Manual

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messages are sent by a member in less than the time alloted, then they<br />

are assigned a penalty. Use the arrows to select your preferred value.<br />

Maximum penalties before disconnect—set this field to the maximum<br />

number of penalties before the member is disconnected. Use the arrows<br />

to select your preferred value.<br />

Other Advanced Security Fields<br />

IP Address Spoof Protection—check this box to protect this server from<br />

some forms of IP address spoofing (IP Address impersonation).<br />

Max rooms a member can be in—set the maximum number of rooms a<br />

member can be in at the same time. Use the arrows to select your<br />

preferred value.<br />

Hide Hostname Details—check this box to prevent members from seeing<br />

full hostnames and IP addresses of other members. This setting can be<br />

useful in preventing several kinds of denial of service attacks.<br />

Hide Hostname Completely From Members—check this box to prevents<br />

members from seeing any hostname or IP address detail of other<br />

members, affording the maximum of anonymity to chatters.<br />

Auditing—check this box to audit events (but not messages) that occur on<br />

the server to the <strong>ChatSpace</strong>.log file. Includes server start/stop, member<br />

sign-on/sign-off, room entry/exit and failed password attempts.<br />

View Audit Log—click this button to view audit logs.<br />

Days to retain audit records—set the number of days to retain audit<br />

records. Use the arrow buttons to select your preferred value.<br />

Disconnect users who mass Invite—check this box to disconnect members<br />

who abuse the INVITE command by inviting massive amounts of people<br />

into rooms.<br />

Allow Administrators to Cloak—check this box to be invisible in any<br />

room you enter after you enter that command. Your user name does not<br />

disappear from any room you are currently in, but if you leave the room,<br />

then go back in, your user name is not visible.<br />

Hide security messages from members—check this box to prvent normal<br />

members from seeing kick or ban messages.<br />

Block connections from “Open Proxies”—check this box to disallow<br />

connections from open proxies such as Wingate.<br />

P2P only when in same room—Person-2-Person chatting is only allowed<br />

between people who are in the same room. (Does not affect<br />

Administrators.)<br />

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