on 12/09/02 12:12 AM, David Buerer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:

> Justin, you've just asked for a way to restrict the possible number of votes
> from any one person to 1, however, you don't want to find out anything about
> that person!

I'd consider that a restriction to getting lots of votes in a quick
manner... :)


> Although I certainly understand your position, you either have to get from
> them some information specific to the person, like, name, email, DL, SSN,
> and only allow one vote entry per id, or you have track based on cookie, ip
> address, etc.  A simple non-obtrusive way would be to track by IP, but then
> you've got the problem of users behind proxies, or multiple users at one
> computer, or ????

IP address' aren't an option.

> You pretty much have to ask for something like email or name, or be willing
> to accept multiple votes from the same person.

There's NOTHING to stop me from entering 24 different names or email
address', so I don't consider these options either.


> Sorry.

It's not your fault :)


Justin French


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