[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by BadgerDog

According to the output from this mod, I have a single IP address 132.3.33.68 being shared as a registration IP by 7 different users. It's absolutely correct, except the IP address is from a military base where IP addresses are rotated and assigned randomly (and re-used). All 7 members are legitimate and not spammers etc,. so one has to be careful as to how to use the information provided.

Yes. Same thing with dorms at colleges and universities, as well as AOL users and such. But it does at least draw attention to potential duplicates for further investigation.

Originally Posted by BadgerDog

I also use the "cookie" based program which does run for me under 4.1.3pl5 and yes, cookies can be deleted, but I find it's been 90% plus in nailing spammers and other dysfunctional folks who have tried to register 0r re-register under different names.

Ditto.

[QUOTE=BadgerDog;2329887]I don't know if this mod could be enhanced to add "cookies" or some other method to further narrow the data, so good guys aren't inadvertently nailed along with bad guys .... [quote]

But there are legitimate cases of people using the same computer - couples, siblings, or even friends over at one another's homes.