Good Point! Especially the part about AOL and NAT.... Sounds like I should go another route..
Steve > From: Robert Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:26:52 -0700 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Checking Simple Ip's > > Thats not the machine name, but just the canonical name for the ip > address. So your idea won't work. Because I can tell you, my other > computers in my office, will all give you the same ip and machine > name (canonical name), because I am behind one ip address, using NAT. > > It is not possible to retrieve a computers machine name via http > attributes or javascript, as far as I know, and it would be a > security issue. > > I think the best way to accomplish this, would be to drop a cookie, > however, the user could easily delete it. > > If you prohibit users by ip, think of all the aol customers and > stuff, that may be dialing in, and the ip changes, and all the other > people in the world using NAT. > > -- > > Robert Garcia > President - BigHead Technology > VP Application Development - eventpix.com > 13653 West Park Dr > Magalia, Ca 95954 > ph: 530.645.4040 x222 fax: 530.645.4040 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://bighead.net/ - http://eventpix.com/ > > On Jun 29, 2006, at 11:12 AM, Campbell Steve wrote: > >> Hello >> >> Well, it's been a while and I can promise you that I just don't >> remember >> some of the basic things. I have a simple, very simple taf that >> records a >> users information that is dumped into a database. >> >> At the very first of the taf I am snagging their IP address and >> machine >> name. I am then needing to store this along with their other info >> in my >> database. Now, if they return again, I need for the Ip and/or >> machinename >> to kick them out when they hit the site the next time. >> >> The taf is at http://world.forerunners.org/worg1.taf >> >> Any help to blow the cobwebs and dust off would be appreciated >> >> >> Steve >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> __ >> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
