Witango-Talk: Unique ID Number???

2005-03-22 Thread Mark Weiss
Hi, I am about to deploy a system for B 2 B ordering. Does anyone know of a way, to set up user accounts from the customers desktop and capture some unique identifier from his PC so that in the future, if someone tried to log in using their username/password from another desktop, it would not work

Witango-Talk: XML

2005-03-22 Thread Mark Weiss
I have a second question regarding XML. We are deploying a new accounting system. AccVantage. It is based on 4D. AccVantage reads XML files into their order system. If I can get a sample XML file of an order that their system will import, can I assume that constructing the XML file is just a matt

Witango-Talk: xml parsing question

2005-03-22 Thread Ted Wolfley
Hi,   I am using a summarizer COM object in a taf to bring back the key concepts of a text string.  The output is in xml.  How do I parse out the key concepts and put them into an array? Here is what a sample of the xml output looks like (I bolded the key concept words):   49d353c8-f6

Re: Witango-Talk: Unique ID Number???

2005-03-22 Thread Chris Millet
We did this by simply using a cookie. A cookie is set during the first session, and then each subsequent session requires username, password and cookie to enter the site. The cookie restricts access not only to a single PC, but to a single browser as well. The important thing is to notify th

Re: Witango-Talk: Unique ID Number???

2005-03-22 Thread Mark Weiss
Chris, Makes sense to me. What would be the "reset" process? Make a reset page available "unique" to them, have them reenter their username/password and then reset the cookie? Thanks again. Mark On 3/22/05 9:28 AM, "Chris Millet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We did this by simply using a coo

Re: Witango-Talk: Unique ID Number???

2005-03-22 Thread Bill Conlon
This is along the lines of "locks only keep honest people honest". There is no reason that the persistent cookie, stored in a file on the PC, can't be stolen or transferred to another system. On Tuesday, March 22, 2005, at 09:28 AM, Chris Millet wrote: We did this by simply using a cookie. A

Re: Witango-Talk: Unique ID Number???

2005-03-22 Thread Chris Millet
For security reasons, we did not want to automate this process for the end user. We felt it could be used to circumvent the security requirements of our client. At this juncture, we wanted human intervention for a several reasons: - it allowed our client to closely monitor any potential suspic

Re: Witango-Talk: Unique ID Number???

2005-03-22 Thread Mark Weiss
Bill, I agree with "locks only keep honest people honest." On one level, I am ok with that. However, I really wish there was a way to get some machine specific information to do this. I suppose it creates privacy problems etc, and even that could be masqueraded I suppose. Any other ideas? Mark

Re: Witango-Talk: Unique ID Number???

2005-03-22 Thread Mark Weiss
Chris, Well thought out. And I agree, I think that the problems will be the exception not the rule. Not everyone uses a cash machine, but those who do, off load the bank from that transaction. Not every customer will want to or be able to use an online ordering system, opting for the old fax met

Re: Witango-Talk: Unique ID Number???

2005-03-22 Thread Bill Conlon
Ethernet MAC address, but it's also spoof-able. And dial up customers don't have one. And multiple NIC systems (like mine) different routes and IP addresses would not work. Anyway, nailing down the computer is not as important (to me) as nailing down the user. It comes down to the three el

Re: Witango-Talk: xml parsing question

2005-03-22 Thread Dale Graham
You can put it into a DOM and work with it that way - that'd be the easiest way to handle this. On Mar 22, 2005, at 12:34 PM, Ted Wolfley wrote: Hi,   I am using a summarizer COM object in a taf to bring back the key concepts of a text string.  The output is in xml.  How do I parse out the k

Re: Witango-Talk: Unique ID Number???

2005-03-22 Thread Chris Millet
This is also along the lines of "there is no absolute security". The objective, then, becomes reducing the risk of a security breach by deterring unwanted behavior and encouraging good behavior. And the more layers of protection, the less the risk of a breach. The harder it is to engage in

RE: Witango-Talk: xml parsing question

2005-03-22 Thread Ted Wolfley
I am using Witango Server 5.0. I put the xml text into a variable called @@request$vsummed and tried putting it into a DOM like this: <@DOMINSERT OBJECT="mydom" SCOPE="request" ELEMENT="root()" POSITION="append"> <@VAR vsummed SCOPE=Request> And I get the following error: Main Error Number: -

Re: Witango-Talk: Unique ID Number???

2005-03-22 Thread Bill Conlon
Chris, Actually, I like your approach. I just wanted to make sure noone had a false sense of security. bill On Tuesday, March 22, 2005, at 11:25 AM, Chris Millet wrote: This is also along the lines of "there is no absolute security". The objective, then, becomes reducing the risk of a securi

RE: Witango-Talk: xml parsing question

2005-03-22 Thread Ben Johansen
Hi, Use the @DOM tag to get it into a DOM variable <@ASSIGN NAME="myDom" SCOPE="application" VALUE=<@DOM VALUE="Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2">> Then you will need to look up the xpointer syntax to extract the values Ben Johansen - http://www.pcforge.com Authorized Witango & MDaemon Reseller Availa

RE: Witango-Talk: xml parsing question

2005-03-22 Thread Ted Wolfley
Tried that and get the following error: Class: Internal Main Error Number: -902 An error occurred while parsing the XML. Is this a Witango 5.0 bug? Ted -Original Message- From: Ben Johansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:17 PM To: witango-talk@witango.com

RE: Witango-Talk: xml parsing question

2005-03-22 Thread Ben Johansen
No, This is a Namespaces issue. Node precursor'd by a coloned value What I suggest is to search and remove the "Copernic:" from the string Example becomes Then try bringing it into the @DOM Ben Johansen - http://www.pcforge.com Authorized Witango & MDaemon Reseller Available for Web App. De

RE: Witango-Talk: xml parsing question

2005-03-22 Thread Ted Wolfley
I took out all of the "Copernic:" and got the same error. I then took out all of the remaining colons and still got the same error. Totally baffled. Ted -Original Message- From: Ben Johansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:29 PM To: witango-talk@witango.com

Re: Witango-Talk: xml parsing question

2005-03-22 Thread Jonah Simpson
Hey Ted! I tried to load up your xml in Internet Explorer and it crapped out on the encoding="UCS-2" portion of your tag. Apparently that encoding tells your xml editor to save the xml file as unicode...not sure how WiTango handles unicode xml. I don't know enough about xml to give you anything

RE: Witango-Talk: xml parsing question

2005-03-22 Thread Ben Johansen
Good catch, Change it to Ben Johansen - http://www.pcforge.com Authorized Witango & MDaemon Reseller Available for Web App. Developement -Original Message- From: Jonah Simpson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 1:56 PM To: witango-talk@witango.com Subject: Re: Wi