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Re: Get IP Address Help [message #170723 is a reply to message #170721]

Tue, 16 November 2010 22:34

Jim Higgins
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On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:58:26 -0800 (PST), Captain Paralytic
<paul_lautman(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:

> On Nov 16, 4:00 pm, BootNic <bootnic.bou...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is there some reason that the ip address would be necessary to
>> place in a hidden input? Open to anyone that may take the time to
>> look and possiblely edit the source.
>>
>> Can it not be taken when the form is processed?

Yes. I moved it to the form handler where it's all PHP and can't be
inspected.

> Whilst this is a better idea, there is not much point taking it anyway
> since the ip address in
> $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] is not unique to a visitor. Anyone sitting
> behind the same NAT Router or Proxy (used by many business) will share
> the same value.

True, but we'll be collecting other data that when combined with IP
will prevent irregularities in the voting.

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		Get IP Address Help By: Jim Higgins on Tue, 16 November 2010 03:25
		Re: Get IP Address Help By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 16 November 2010 03:51
		Re: Get IP Address Help By: richard on Tue, 16 November 2010 05:14
		Re: Get IP Address Help By: Michael Fesser on Tue, 16 November 2010 06:16
		Re: Get IP Address Help By: Jim Higgins on Tue, 16 November 2010 06:04
		Re: Get IP Address Help By: BootNic on Tue, 16 November 2010 16:00
		Re: Get IP Address Help By: Captain Paralytic on Tue, 16 November 2010 18:58
		Re: Get IP Address Help By: Jim Higgins on Tue, 16 November 2010 22:34
		Re: Get IP Address Help By: Twayne on Fri, 26 November 2010 17:11

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