Re: Fw: HTTP_REFERER work without a problem....
| From: | Joel Boonstra | Date: | Thu, 16 Jan 2003 19:19:00 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Fw: HTTP_REFERER work without a problem.... | ||
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On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Kevin Stone wrote:
> Chris I appreciate your response but please read my post again. I did not
> suggest using the IP for user identification. I suggested using it as a
> temporary id. I went on further to suggest to use sessions to identify
> individual users behind a proxy server.
But he also mentioned a round-robin proxy messing things up. I've had
personal experience with IP addresses from AOL clients changing with
each new connection. If your AOL users click through your site a few
times, it's possible that their IP address will change between those
clicks, thus making even a temporary id based on the IP address
unreliable, and perhaps frustrating if your site keeps 'forgetting'
things about the user.
Joel
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