Hi Randal,
Nice of u to ring up an idea on the limitations of IP address.
But what do u suggest to be used as a validation tool for the users?
IP add + ramdom ports?
thanks!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randal L. Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: IP Address
> >>>>> "David" == David Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >> How do I get the IP address from a POST form.
> >>
> >> Let me make myself more clear: I have a form that uses POST,
> >> and I would like to get users' IP address for avoiding the
> >> same user to fake my pool's result.
>
> David> You can check $ENV{REMOTE_ADDR}, which will contain the remote IP
of the
> David> user hitting your page.
>
> And that's still insufficient and incorrect.
>
> Repeat after me:
>
> A user is not an IP address
> A user is not an IP address
> A user is not an IP address
>
> Specifically, the largest userbase on the planet, AOL, comes into the
> Internet proper via Web Proxies. On every hit, a different proxy is
> used, so these hits show up as coming from completely different
> addresses. Even the main page and the image fetches for that page
> will all show up as different addresses. And then of course,
> those same small-number-of-proxies are used for millions of users.
>
> So again, I repeat:
>
> A user is not an IP address
>
> Get it through your head that using IP address for vote blockout
> is just ... WRONG.
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