Re: [PHP] Stopping multiple votes by IP

2002-06-05 Thread 1LT John W. Holmes
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 12:45 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Stopping multiple votes by IP > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > * and then 1LT John W. Holmes declared > > The only "good" way to do it is with authentication. Have the user log in

Re: [PHP] Stopping multiple votes by IP

2002-06-05 Thread Nick Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * and then Miguel Cruz declared > So decide how much hassle it's worth making it (both for yourself and for > your users) and run with it. My feeling would be that a cookie + email > token is enough for anything but high-security or money-based

Re: [PHP] Stopping multiple votes by IP

2002-06-05 Thread Miguel Cruz
On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Nick Wilson wrote: > The only small problem I see is if a user logs out and then registers as > another user and votes again. I will be verifying emails of memebers so > I think this an unlikely scenario but it still bugs me a little. Any web-based unique-user-identification p

Re: [PHP] Stopping multiple votes by IP

2002-06-05 Thread Jason Wong
On Thursday 06 June 2002 00:45, Nick Wilson wrote: > * and then 1LT John W. Holmes declared > > > The only "good" way to do it is with authentication. Have the user log in > > and then allow them one vote. > > > > Any other method is going to be open to cheating, so be aware of it. > > Okay, I

Re: [PHP] Stopping multiple votes by IP

2002-06-05 Thread Nick Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * and then 1LT John W. Holmes declared > The only "good" way to do it is with authentication. Have the user log in > and then allow them one vote. > > Any other method is going to be open to cheating, so be aware of it. Okay, I've been working

Re: [PHP] Stopping multiple votes by IP

2002-06-05 Thread 1LT John W. Holmes
t's just a simple web poll to see how many fish people have, for example...just use cookies. ---John Holmes... - Original Message - From: "Nick Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PHP-General" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 6:54 AM S

Re: [PHP] Stopping multiple votes by IP

2002-06-05 Thread Nick Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * and then René Moonen declared > What then happens with users who are behind a firewall/proxy (probably > have non-routable IP addresses on theire LAN) and share one internet > connection. They all have the same remote IP address (routable IP

Re: [PHP] Stopping multiple votes by IP

2002-06-05 Thread René Moonen
What then happens with users who are behind a firewall/proxy (probably have non-routable IP addresses on theire LAN) and share one internet connection. They all have the same remote IP address (routable IP address of the firewall). This would mean that only one user of that group can vote. I'