> 1) Is their a machine-unique identification that can be sent > from each browser that cannot be deleted?
No, not within the normal use of HTML documents over HTTP. You could write an ActiveX control to do this for you. > 2) Is their a way to prevent someone from deleting cookies? I > think most of these machines are running Windows 98. Not really, as long as the user has access to the console. > 3) Is their a way to catch them in the act? It's possible that, > depending on what non-work related websites the staff are visiting, > our client would want to know and take appropriate action. Sure. It's called logging. Assuming that the machines are on some kind of shared connection to the internet, all traffic going through that connection can generally be logged pretty easily. Proxy servers often do that, for example. There's a huge demand for this kind of logging and filtering at large enterprises and other places like schools and libraries, I'll bet. Or, each machine can be configured with software to log (and even filter) outgoing network traffic. There are plenty of commercial packages available for this, I suspect, though I'm not very familiar with them. On an even more casual note, these people probably aren't deleting their history, just their cookies, so you could take a look at that. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
