Briggs Softworks

How does the pc recognition work?

There is someone that I blacklisted his PC, and he keeps trying to come back from many IP addresses.
I was wondering how does the program recognizes his pc.

BitingBummer wrote:How does the pc recognition work?

The PC ID is just a random number saved in the local settings on first connection and is not a reliable setting. Changing browsers or running in incognito mode causes a new number to be generated. Unfortunately, Javascript doesn't contain any hardware fingerprinting/identification functions.

Kent Briggs wrote:

BitingBummer wrote:How does the pc recognition work?

The PC ID is just a random number saved in the local settings on first connection and is not a reliable setting. Changing browsers or running in incognito mode causes a new number to be generated. Unfortunately, Javascript doesn't contain any hardware fingerprinting/identification functions.

So in fact there is no way to block him if he keeps changing the pcid and his IP address?

BitingBummer wrote:So in fact there is no way to block him if he keeps changing the pcid and his IP address?

Not unless you create your own custom ID verification (like a onverify.com phone verification type system, for example).