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Mar 20, 2026, 06:12 PM
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I also want to post Seren's idea from the last time we talked about the Server Query line internally (presumably from before it accidentally stopped working):
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I think the primary purpose of IP logs is to provide IP addresses to ban or block from the firewall in case of malicious behavior. Under that assumption, it seems unwise to me to let any IP or type of request be left out from logging completely. I think a safer solution would be to group consecutive log messages that only differ by timestamp, i.e. instead of

[02:01:59] ID: 2 IP Address: 192.168.1.1 Name: Seren2
[02:02:34] ID: 2 IP Address: 192.168.1.1 Name: Seren2
[02:02:46] ID: 2 IP Address: 192.168.1.1 Name: Seren2
[02:03:23] ID: 2 IP Address: 192.168.1.1 Name: Seren2
[02:03:38] ID: 2 IP Address: 192.168.1.1 Name: Seren2

log

[02:01:59] ID: 2 IP Address: 192.168.1.1 Name: Seren2
+ 4 more times over a period of 00:01:39