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grandzephyr
 Post subject: User-authentication.
PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 3:31 am 
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I was trying to think of ways for runetrack to be able to pair a runetrack account with a runescape account.

One thought I had was to have runetrack have a script generate a token/key and have users send that as their name, or the recipient name, in a refer-a-friend email address piped to a script on runetrack.

Doing some research... here is the contents of a refer-a-friend email.
Your friend wants you to join them!

Hi %input_name_of_recipient%,
%input_name_of_sender% (%real_runescape_name_of_sender%) has invited you to join them in RuneScape, the world's most
popular FREE multiplayer online game. There's a wide variety of content for
everyone, with hundreds of quests and minigames, thousands of stunning locations and
millions of players from all over the world.
Free Mystery Cracker!
Pull your free cracker with your friend in-game to receive a variety of goodies to
help you get started, from armour and weaponry to 500 gold coins and cake. Best of
all you'll receive DOUBLE XPin all skills up to level 30 in the first 7 days! Click
the link below to claim your exclusive starter pack and meet %input_name_of_sender% (%real_runescape_name_of_sender%)
to begin your adventure now!

Get Started:
%referal_url%


When you get there, say hi to %input_name_of_sender% (%real_runescape_name_of_sender%) from us!

The RuneScape Team

This is a service email, there is no need to unsubscribe. To ensure you always
receive your RuneScape friend referral emails to your inbox, please add
referafriend@email.runescape.com to your email address book.

© 2011 Jagex Ltd. Jagex® and RuneScape® are registered trademarks of Jagex Ltd in
the United Kingdom and trademarks used in other countries of the world.
View our Privacy Policy :
%privacy_policy_link% . This inbox is not
monitored and you will not receive a reply to your email.

Jagex Games Studio



Another idea, but I don't think it is nearly as viable as the first one.
Or, have an RS account that a runetrack script can access on the website then require people to add that account to their friendlist and set their Adventurer's log to Friends only. Then have runetrack script view the page simultaneously as the friend account, and as the public.
If the public comes up as denied, but the friend one can see the log, then this would confirm that the user has added the runetrack account as friend.


Anyone else have any thoughts?

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Sword Kill11
 Post subject: Re: User-authentication.
PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:15 am 
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Authenticating a user based on their RuneScape account has always been a challenge, and I have yet to see a system which does it fluidly - but those are some really nice ideas that I hadn't considered before.

The only other reliable method I've come across was from Kandarin.net's Blog - it's supposedly a RuneScape social network getting ready to be released later this year. Here's a method they describe:

http://blog.kandarin.net/ wrote:
We all know there are people who pretend to be someone else in the Runescape community, and this has always been (as long as I can remember) an issue with the real people trying to sign up afterwards, only to see that their name is already taken. This is called name squatting.

I think the best way to deal with this is something like this. (I assume the user has signed up for an account on Kandarin.net and is now attempting to add a Runescape Account to their profile.)

User types in their Runescape Name, and is provided with information about whether its available or not.

If the name is not taken yet, they are given the following instructions for verifying their ownership of the name:
Don’t close this page
Log into your account on runescape.com (no links to runescape.com provided)
Navigate to the official Runescape Forums, and create a post on any public thread (one that is visible for everyone).
Once you have created your post, copy the link where the post is viewable
Go back to the account verification form, and paste in the link to the post in the input box shown

If the verification code was valid and the names match, the runescape account is added to their profile, if not, they are shown an error.


However, your Refer a Friend idea seems even easier and wouldn't require users to post a random message on the forums. :)

I'm not sure if this will be implemented on RuneTrack anytime soon as RuneTrack is more of a public record-keeping site that doesn't need authentication, but I'm sure other sites (like Kandarin) could make good use of that tip.

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grandzephyr
 Post subject: Re: User-authentication.
PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:26 pm 
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I'm glad you like my suggestion.

If there is anything I can do to help let me know. :thumbsup:

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