John Black <s...@network-technologies.org> wrote:

>On 25.08.2011 15:00, Andreas wrote:
>> Am 25.08.2011 11:01, schrieb John Black:
>>> True, a SESSION can be reset by closing the browser but I am not
>>> trying to deny a user from submitting different information again. I
>>> want to prevent them from submitting the same data again by accident
>>> (back button or refresh).
>> what about storing an md5 of the message body in the db?
>
>Sure you can do all kinds of things with a database but I try to avoid
>unnecessary connection to the db because they are expensive.
>It all comes down to how badly you want to prevent the same message to
>be sent twice.
>
>I have seen bots submit the same message from multiple IPs and some
>will
>even modify the message a bit by adding some random data to the end. So
>
>I am not sure how effective a simple md5 check will be.
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So its the same message except for the bits at the bottom that are different? 
Sounds like its not the same message then.

Thanks,
Ash
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