[thelist] Looking for a poll

[Eric Cestari]

Don't forget proxies, they hide all traffic behind only one IP. Relying 
on this sole authentification can block users from using it.

Eric
 From raining Paris, France

Cyber Monitor (datacapture) wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
>>Correct me if I'm wrong, but the IP address isn't universal.  As soon as
>>
> an
> 
>>ISP customer logs off and logs back on, they have a new IP address.  I
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> know
> 
>>on my DSL at home, the IP address I connect to is different each time.
>>
>>Someone earlier mentioned e-mail addresses or accounts: those are the most
>>effective at stopping most problems.  It's still "fudgable" (wasn't that a
>>cookie?) but the tedium level for doing so is great enough that most who
>>would otherwise try to screw with the poll won't.
>>
>>We had this problem before with one of our client's polls.  When the user
>>account system was set up, the polls tied in with it and we never had
>>ballot stuffing problems again (certainly nothing noticable).
>>
>>--Ben
>>