Re: Stopping multiple votes by IP

From: Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 19:58:19 +0000
Subject: Re: Stopping multiple votes by IP
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Not really anything you can do about that. If I have 10 different emails, then there's no way you can tell they are all me. Sorry... ---John Holmes... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Wilson" <nick@tioka.com> To: "PHP-General" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 12:45 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Stopping multiple votes by IP > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > * and then 1LT John W. Holmes declared.... > > The only "good" way to do it is with authentication. Have the user log in > > and then allow them one vote. > > > > Any other method is going to be open to cheating, so be aware of it. > > Okay, I've been working on the 'paper design' all afternoon in the sun > ;-) and have pretty much got what I want with a 'member object' > > The only small problem I see is if a user logs out and then registers as > another user and votes again. I will be verifying emails of memebers so > I think this an unlikely scenario but it still bugs me a little. > > Any thoughts guys? > > - -- > Nick Wilson // www.tioka.com > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE8/kAxHpvrrTa6L5oRAtShAJ4ozLMEysSZfCnK8/Vf8QdDaNYVhgCfSz+/ > chjIThp9tnI5vSApB6M6yhc= > =uYqL > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >

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