Re: [Boston.pm] [OT] selling a widget online. Password required?

2005-02-08 Thread David Cantrell
On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 08:52:40PM -0500, Bob Rogers wrote: That depends on the number of possible tracking numbers vs. the number of possible username.pw strings. Since you can make the tracking number as long as you like, you can always make this solution arbitrarily less spoofable than

Re: [Boston.pm] Serious upload help needed

2005-02-08 Thread Tom Metro
John Tsangaris wrote: They can't use ftp (the users are not knowledgeable enough, nor do they want to use client apps other than browsers). Many web browsers are capable of acting as FTP clients for uploading. What about WebDAV? Built-in to most Windows machines. Simple drag-and-drop upload once

Re: [Boston.pm] [OT] selling a widget online. Password required?

2005-02-08 Thread Bob Rogers
From: David Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 08:23:05 + On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 08:52:40PM -0500, Bob Rogers wrote: That depends on the number of possible tracking numbers vs. the number of possible username.pw strings. Since you can make the tracking

Re: [Boston.pm] [OT] selling a widget online. Password required?

2005-02-08 Thread Dan Boger
On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 05:03:51PM -0500, Greg London wrote: Would it be a secure transaction? What do you mean by this? What is the transaction? The user paying the company, or the company shipping to the user, or something else? hm, well, defining secure in absolute terms is

Re: [Boston.pm] Serious upload help needed

2005-02-08 Thread Duane Bronson
Tom Metro wrote: John Tsangaris wrote: They can't use ftp (the users are not knowledgeable enough, nor do they want to use client apps other than browsers). Many web browsers are capable of acting as FTP clients for uploading. So, if they can't click on a link to an ftp server, type a password and

Re: [Boston.pm] Serious upload help needed

2005-02-08 Thread John Tsangaris
So, if they can't click on a link to an ftp server, type a password and drag-drop the files where they belong, how do they manage to get clean underwear on every morning? IE isn't the greatest browser, but it looks like the familiar Windows Explorer when viewing an FTP site. The only thing

Re: [Boston.pm] [OT] selling a widget online. Password required?

2005-02-08 Thread Richard Morse
On 7 Feb 2005, at 11:52 AM, Simon Wilcox wrote: On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Greg London wrote: Can an online store sell stuff over the web without requiring a password and user account for customers? The business question is why would they want to ? Most people who buy online are familiar with the concept

RE: [Boston.pm] [OT] selling a widget online. Password required?

2005-02-08 Thread Greg London
Thanks everyone for all the help on this. I got all the info I need to make my case. Whether anything changes is up to them. Pizza on me tonight. No, wait, let me rephrase that. I'll be buying pizza tonight. :) ___ Boston-pm mailing list

Re: [Boston.pm] [OT] selling a widget online. Password required?

2005-02-08 Thread Uri Guttman
GL == Greg London [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: GL Thanks everyone for all the help on this. GL I got all the info I need to make my case. GL Whether anything changes is up to them. GL Pizza on me tonight. GL No, wait, let me rephrase that. I'll be buying pizza tonight. GL :) gosh

RE: [Boston.pm] [OT] selling a widget online. Password required?

2005-02-08 Thread Ranga Nathan
__ Ranga Nathan / CSG Systems Programmer - Specialist; Technical Services; BAX Global Inc. Irvine-California Tel: 714-442-7591 Fax: 714-442-2840 Greg London [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/08/2005 08:23 AM To Boston Perl Mongers