Very basic/simple forum

I'm sure this topic has come up many times, running a quick search did not yield a satisfactory result, hence, post it here for thoughts/ideas. Requirements: a) simple, meaning, no registration requirements (honor-based, you say who you are you should be who are or to be banned); just thread alone, no email notification etc. b) nice to be free or inexpensive c) cf-based Thanks. Don Chunshen Li

Look at http://www.kabunto.org. Open Source, CF based, free :-) On Nov 20, 2008, at 11:03 PM, D ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

How do you ban someone who can post with no registration? mxAjax / CFAjax docs and other useful articles: http://www.bifrost.com.au/blog/ > a) simple, meaning, no registration requirements (honor-based, you say who you are you should be who are or to be banned); just thread alone, no email notification etc.

>> How do you ban someone who can post with no registration? Like Spammers? G! On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 7:51 PM, James Holmes <james.holmes@gmail.com>wrote: ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

>>> How do you ban someone who can post with no registration? > >Like Spammers? There should be a pattern. IP address etc.  Upfront display basic rules, administrator reserves the right to remove ill-intentioned msg etc or the like...

If they are on a dynamic IP address? mxAjax / CFAjax docs and other useful articles: http://www.bifrost.com.au/blog/ ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

... I am with the same ISP and I get the blocked IP ?? 2008/11/21 James Holmes <james.holmes@gmail.com> ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

>... I am with the same ISP and I get the blocked IP ?? > > >2008/11/21 James Holmes <james.holmes@gmail.com> > >> Seriously I haven't given this subject serious thought for a simple forum.  Yes, may need to have some effective means to defend against 'foul play' including programmed attack.  Hmm, how about this late night silly wish, wouldn't it be wonderful that one day, network security guru can come up with a method, that no matter where you are, what computer you use for Internet connection, you have an option to enter a easy to remember and unique ID, verified by a Trusted Authority, then, every site would 'feel' safe about you, no login to this and sign up to that site, bla.. bla.. bla... in the meantime, you have the option of not entering your ID then go on your business, sort of like illegal workers :) sorry, did not mean to be mean.

You mean like http://openid.net/ perhaps? mxAjax / CFAjax docs and other useful articles: http://www.bifrost.com.au/blog/ ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

OpenID.net myOpenID.com (https://www.myopenid.com/directory) 10,000 sites using the same credentialing system.  Not exactly independently verifiable, but pretty slick.

> OpenID.net > myOpenID.com (https://www.myopenid.com/directory) > > 10,000 sites using the same credentialing system.  Not exactly > independently verifiable, but pretty slick. It should be universal or at least covering all the states hence its real value, probably W3C should get involved in this to create some standard, then browser implementation bla bla follows it, just a quick thought.

Update: Probably one option would be to have users (all with unique identifier) to enter his/her simple unique ID for the first time, then use a state management mechanism, thereafter they no longer need credential for using the forum.  So, it's just one time little hassle if you call it that way.  What do you think? ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----