Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-23 Thread Henrik Andersson
Karl DeSaulniers wrote: ? so... let them cheat is what your saying? Why do you even think that this is cheating? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

[Flashcoders] We ❤ choice

2010-05-23 Thread Henrik Andersson
Adobe has launched a new pr campaign called "We ❤ choice". The message is more or less: "Let us compete fair and square based on our products". http://www.adobe.com/choice/ ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-23 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
I see. Hermmm.. ok. Thanks everyone. Karl On May 23, 2010, at 9:37 PM, Dave Watts wrote: ? so... let them cheat is what your saying? There are no client security guarantees for web applications. You can spend a lot of time fighting this, but if someone has enough incentive to circumvent yo

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-23 Thread Dave Watts
> ? so... let them cheat is what your saying? There are no client security guarantees for web applications. You can spend a lot of time fighting this, but if someone has enough incentive to circumvent your limitations, they'll do it. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-23 Thread Dave Watts
> I agree on both points. Thanks guys. > What about setting up the lesson api to be an air app? > Would I be able to control this with an air app? Yeah, that should work, as the user will only be able to run one copy of the app at a time unless you specifically design around that. http://www.cole

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-23 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
? so... let them cheat is what your saying? Karl On May 23, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Henrik Andersson wrote: Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Thanks Dave, That is the consensus I am getting. Is there any way to tell how many browsers from one computer are being used? Or if a person is using a virtual ma

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-23 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
I agree on both points. Thanks guys. What about setting up the lesson api to be an air app? Would I be able to control this with an air app? Karl On May 23, 2010, at 4:11 PM, Juan Pablo Califano wrote: This is a gross hack (no offense intended), but I think it can actually work... (except

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-23 Thread Juan Pablo Califano
This is a gross hack (no offense intended), but I think it can actually work... (except for virtual machines) Cheers Juan Pablo Califano 2010/5/23 Ktu > You could also try using the LocalConnection class. > > If you apps connect at some point, turn the second one off somehow. > > Ktu > > On Sun

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-23 Thread Ktu
You could also try using the LocalConnection class. If you apps connect at some point, turn the second one off somehow. Ktu On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > Thanks Dave, > That is the consensus I am getting. > Is there any way to tell how many browsers from one compute

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-23 Thread Henrik Andersson
Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Thanks Dave, That is the consensus I am getting. Is there any way to tell how many browsers from one computer are being used? Or if a person is using a virtual machine or is sharing an ip? You could count the different user agent strings. But browsers are known to lie

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-23 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Thanks Dave, That is the consensus I am getting. Is there any way to tell how many browsers from one computer are being used? Or if a person is using a virtual machine or is sharing an ip? Karl On May 23, 2010, at 11:33 AM, Dave Watts wrote: Let me clarify a little more. How do I prevent mu

Re: [Flashcoders] Blocking multiple logins on one computer

2010-05-23 Thread Dave Watts
> Let me clarify a little more. How do I prevent multiple logins to my site > from one computer regardless of the user? > So that someone cant open safari and IE and log in to my site using both > browsers on that one computer. > Even if the usernames are different. I don't think you can guarantee