Temporal server keys

[Erkunder]

I suggest to add an option to generate temporal passwords or keys for a password protected server, similar to the "buddy invite".

Playing World of Warcraft, I've encountered a situation like this several times: You want to set up a larger group with your guild members and some random players. While you can "buddy invite" individual random players, this becomes impractical the more random players there are. Instead of having to give away your server password, it would be nice to be able to generate a temporal key wich is valid for more than one user but only a certain -- maybe arbitrary -- amount of time after issuing it. This way, improper circulation of the server password would be reduced and you wouldn't have to change it that often.

[Screech]

Well, just could have all your normal users have the ignore server password on join. Then set the password that you want to share, share it with those "temp" users. and when you want, change it again, "temp" users loose access and normal users don't even notice or need the new password.

I still use the invite buddy for a 1 to 1 invite system with the ignore password on that temp group.

Options aside, I too think it would be nice to be able create a permission key that is multi use with an expire time (like bans) where 0 seconds is a permanent permission key, but if deleted it is gone. Maybe add a max use option when making a permission key, 0 being unlimited.

[Erkunder]

Well, just could have all your normal users have the ignore server password on join. Then set the password that you want to share, share it with those "temp" users. and when you want, change it again, "temp" users loose access and normal users don't even notice or need the new password.

This would be a great option for small guilds with low fluctuation. Unfortunately, ours is neither small nor stable, so shifting every permanently authorised user to a group that ignores passwords wouldn't be substantial progress.

Options aside, I too think it would be nice to be able create a permission key that is multi use with an expire time (like bans) where 0 seconds is a permanent permission key, but if deleted it is gone. Maybe add a max use option when making a permission key, 0 being unlimited.

I completely agree with that.

[Screech]

Options aside, I too think it would be nice to be able create a permission key that is multi use with an expire time (like bans) where 0 seconds is a permanent permission key, but if deleted, expired or if max use is met it is gone. Maybe add a max use option when making a permission key, 0 being unlimited.

Added text to clarify that if a permission key is a added with no expire time and a max use limit that once that max use limit is met the key is deleted also. Using the idea that I made you could thing of permission keys as they work now having 0 for the expire time and 1 for the max use. The logic for determining use count could be very much like the enforcements indicator in the ban list.

Flow should be simple:

LPARAMETER passed_key AS STRING
'Check Key Process
DIM lbGoodKey AS BOOLEAN = FALSE
DIM liMaxUse AS INTEGER 
IF key_exist(passed_key)
	IF NOT key_expired(passed_key)
		liMaxUse = key_max_use(passed_key)
		IF liMaxUse = 0 OR key_enforcements(passed_key) < liMaxUse
			key_enforcements_increment(passed_key)
			lbGoodKey = TRUE
		ELSE
			'exceeded usage
		ENDIF
	ELSE
		'key has expired
	ENDIF 
	IF NOT lbGoodKey
		key_delete(passed_key)
	ENDIF 
ELSE
	'invalid key
ENDIF
RETURN lbGoodKey

(note: I wrote this off my head with no IDE and no debugging as just and idea)

[Erkunder]

No opinion or feedback from a TeamSpeak representative to this suggestion?

[Erkunder]

Shamelessly bumping my own thread.

[Erkunder]

Any reaction from a TeamSpeak representative wouldn't go amiss.