Remember that the mac address gets changed by devices on the network... -- Ray
On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 20:29, Leo Spalteholz wrote: > I've been thinking about how to do authentication and user recognition > for my site without cookies. I had this idea but I don't really know > if its possible at all. > If I got the IP address from the request could I use ARP to get the > MAC address for that IP? If so I could compare that MAC address with > a (previously obtained) database of addresses and if it matches they > would automatically be logged in. So I could preauthorize my friends > and remember other users once they have signed up. > > It seemed like a cool idea but is this at all possible or am I just > insane? > > Thanks, > Leo > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
