Hi Jeff, Unfortunately I don't have flash skills, but I do like the idea.
Thanks for that suggestion :-) Jenny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Garza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 5:00 PM Subject: RE: CFID > But, there are definitely ways to make it more difficult to do. You > suggested one, by having a valid email address and requiring a click > through > to activate the account from the message. Cookies can be deleted far too > easily, or completely turned off, to make them effective. Another avenue > to > look at may be flash. You could use a Local Shared Object to store the > user's unique identifier. The LSO is a little more difficult to get to > and > remove than a cookie is and it will persist even if the local template > cache > is deleted. You could use that and some javascript, via FSCommand to > populate a hidden form field with the userID stored in the LSO and submit > that with their "new account request", or just use a custom flash form for > the login and submit it all at once. If a new account request comes in > with > an already valid identifier, then you know it's a second account by the > same > user. Of course, this can be circumvented as well, but the user will need > to be a little more savvy in the ways of web development to get around > it... > Do you know where your local shared object cache is on your computer??? > > Cheers, > > Jeff Garza > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Snake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 7:58 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CFID > > There is no infallible way to stop this. > You can only track someone by the information that is available to you, > i.e. > a cookie or an IP address. > But cookies can be deleted and IP's can change, so then you no longer have > a > way to know that person has visited the site before. > The best you can do is validate peoples email addresses, i.e. email them > and > get them to click a link before you activate their account. But that > doesn't > stop them signing up multiple times with multiple emails. > Being able to track someone's activity without them being able to stop you > would be an invasion of privacy, and I am certainly glad it is not > possible. > > Russ > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:220509 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
