Alpha Blue wrote: > Hi Marnen, > > Well I run a subscription service on my site that after week 4 will be > activated. I just want to make sure that someone doesn't give their > logins to 30 of their friends so that they can use the subscription for > free and all 30 people logged in simultaneously under the same account > name.
If you have features that make it advantageous to have a user account, people are going to want their own accounts. I believe this is a case where the appropriate solution is not a technological one. > > So, I'm looking for a good source to follow and I'm trying to implement > a restriction of say 3 simultaneous logins per account. Don't bother unless you somehow tie it to IP address. And even then, I think it will frustrate the user and drive him away from your site. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
