Steve Sotis wrote:
> I'm saving client info on my servers to files I create with
> Perl scripts using filenames based on a combination of
> REMOTE_HOST and REMOTE_ADDR env vars.
>
> I realize I could have used cookies, but I did not want to
> deal with browsers that don't handle them and people that
> turn them off.
>
> The problem I have, of course, is identifying computers
> within a LAN, especially behind a firewall or modem router,
> etc. From my scripts' perspective, they all look the same,
> and info saved for one gets confused with others.
>
> Any suggestions on further identifying computers without
> requiring logins, etc.?
Cookies and login are the usual methods. If you want neither of those, you
could try using URL rewriting to include a session ID -- but that would only
work for one session; you couldn't recognise them next time they came to
visit.
I don't think there's a way to recognise a specific computer without cookies
or login. (Some people use the user agent, but if a company has a standard
browser, you might get lots of hits all with the same user agent, apparently
coming from the same IP address.)
Cheers,
Philip
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If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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