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-- Ben Doom
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Moonbow Software, Inc
: -----Original Message-----
: From: Andre Turrettini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 3:53 PM
: To: CF-Talk
: Subject: RE: Block Competitors from Web site
:
:
: Can someone educate me on how you would spoof an ip and then get back
: content.
:
: I always understood that the server returned info to your ip, thus if you
: spoofed it, sure, the server would do its thing but then it would nt come
: back to you because you provided a different ip than your own. . . ?
:
: DRE
:
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: Christian Cantrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 1:24 PM
: > To: CF-Talk
: > Subject: Re: Block Competitors from Web site
: >
: >
: > On Tuesday, May 27, 2003, at 01:43 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: >
: > > You're kidding right?
: >
: > Actually, no, I'm not kidding. Of course I have heard this discussed
: > theoretically before (like stopping people from viewing the source of
: > your pages, downloading your JavaScript files, stealing your images,
: > etc), but I don't know of anyone who has actually implemented
: > this type
: > of "security". As I said in my previous post, if all you
: > want to do is
: > make things more difficult for your competitors, or show them
: > that you
: > are acknowledging the fact that they present a threat to you
: > simply by
: > knowing what the rest of the world knows about your business,
: > than you
: > can easily implement any number of solutions, however you can never
: > actually post something on your website that you don't want your
: > competition to know about, so at the end of the day, it hasn't bought
: > you anything.
: >
: > > The same thing you gain by locking your house when you go to work.
: > > Someone
: > > could break in the window or just kick in the door... so why bother
: > > locking
: > > your house in the first place right?
: >
: > The problem with this analogy is that locked doors and
: > windows are not
: > what stop people from breaking into your house. Obviously,
: > windows are
: > easy to break and locks are easily picked. The fact that
: > breaking into
: > someone's house is morally wrong and illegal is what keeps most of us
: > safe. It is neither immoral nor illegal to read someone
: > website, even
: > if they would prefer that you didn't.
: >
: > > Or if they're just not too bright. I've seen that happen
: > too... even
: > > to the
: > > point where one company thought the other company went out of
: > > business...
: > > LOL. Now that's the EXCEPTION, not the rule... some people
: > are just
: > > that
: > > dense. ;-) I say got for it. Given the fact that it takes almost
: > > nothing
: > > to implement (just like locking your house)... you might as
: > well do it.
: >
: > Well, you raise a good point here. If it has worked for
: > people in the
: > past, I guess it can work again. Clearly the huge majority of people
: > out there using the web don't know how to spoof an IP address, so the
: > technique may well be perfectly effective, especially if they assume
: > the company has gone out of business. I admit that if I were keeping
: > track of a competitor's product by visiting their site once a
: > day, then
: > suddenly one day I couldn't reach the site, it might not
: > occur to me to
: > spoof my IP address -- at least not right away. I guess my
: > only point
: > is that you can never assume that your competition isn't reading your
: > website just because you have made them jump through a few
: > hoops like I
: > assume every day that my house will not get broken into.
: >
: > Christian
: >
: >
:
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