IP Validation? (Prevents people from logging in even if they have your password)

~Parahin Nov 26, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

There's this site that I go on, GaiaOnline, which has recently gotten a feature that validates your IP, so someone with a different IP cannot log onto your account even if they do have your password.

I figured, with the hacker scare, this would be pretty useful.

How it would work:

1) Someone, somehow, gets your password and tries to log in
2)An email is sent to you asking if you want to verify the IP address, to which you can click yes or no
3) If yes, the IP is verfied,and that person can go on, if not, the IP isn't

What do you think?

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`Tachy-on Nov 27, 2012

by request of OP

=MasterPlanner Nov 26, 2012 Professional Artisan Crafter

Considering I've logged into dA from home, college, coffeeshops around the Sacramento area, on my commute, and from any unsecured wireless signal I can leech off of, this feature sounds like too much of a pain in the ass to justify implementing it.

~Dezenerate Nov 26, 2012

Far more trouble than its worth to implement "security".

!prosaix Nov 26, 2012

How annoying... especially if you would want to login from different computers...

^Astralseed Nov 26, 2012 Professional General Artist

What happens if you are not at home and want to log in?

~Parahin Nov 26, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

...first of all, your icon made me die laughing.

I answered this in the earlier comment, when you log in at a different IP, an email is sent to your email, then you click verify the IP or not. It should tell you your IP in the email, I don't know how Gaia does that, but eh.

This is completely optional, by the way.

Hope I answered your question.

*Noodlebox Nov 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I'm kind of scared deviantart implementing an IP Validation because the next step they might do is an IP ban on behavior.

~Parahin Nov 26, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I think they already IP Ban people, but they don't do it often. There are ways to get around that, though.

If you get banned for misbehavior (if that's what you mean) that's pretty much your fault.

Sorta confused on what you mean. x.x

^neurotype Nov 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I have a dynamic IP.

~Parahin Nov 26, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

//looks up dynamic

It probably should be optional, in these sorts of cases. But still, verifying would only take a maximum of five seconds. XD

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