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[chekwob]

The timezone check is a bad idea. IP to location to timezone is prone
to error, and not everyone uses a given location's "assigned" timezone.
I personally use UTC across every device and website, regardless of
location. I'm sure I'm not alone on this, especially among this kind of
crowd.

On Sun, 13 Sep 2015 22:30:09 +0200
Erik Adler <erik.adler at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ethan,
> There are a few backgroupd checks going on when registering. Using the
> ip2location database your timezone is detected from your ip and then
> compared with your local TZ.
> 
> >From your UA (hopefully not spoofed) your “OS” is compared with the
> one uname gives.
> 
> Also the week is noted. Two hash functions are compared. One from the
> cmd printf %s $(date +%:z%V$(uname))|shasum|sed 's/\W//g' and the
> other from the backend. They need to match.
> 
> This should do the following.
> 
> * Prevent using vpns and other proxies thx to the TZ.
> * Prevent registering with a non Linux based computer.
> * Prevent using the same hash function for longer then a week.
> 
> The point is to keep bots and causal Windows users from registering.
> ofc you can use w/e you like to use after registering.
> 
> If you want to see what the backend is seeing I just tossed this up for you  :)
> 
> https://virtualkvm.com/iptest.php
> 
> If you still cant register please let me know. There very well could
> be a problem that I need to correct.
> 
> All the best
> onryo
> 
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