Re: MAC address user recognition?
| From: | Ray Hunter | Date: | Fri, 21 Feb 2003 04:05:45 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: MAC address user recognition? | ||
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Remember that the mac address gets changed by devices on the network...
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Ray
On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 20:29, Leo Spalteholz wrote:
> I've been thinking about how to do authentication and user recognition
> for my site without cookies. I had this idea but I don't really know
> if its possible at all.
> If I got the IP address from the request could I use ARP to get the
> MAC address for that IP? If so I could compare that MAC address with
> a (previously obtained) database of addresses and if it matches they
> would automatically be logged in. So I could preauthorize my friends
> and remember other users once they have signed up.
>
> It seemed like a cool idea but is this at all possible or am I just
> insane?
>
> Thanks,
> Leo
>
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