Poll control - IP based?
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Topic: Poll control - IP based?
Posted By: pedalcars
Subject: Poll control - IP based?
Date Posted: 25 April 2003 at 8:40am
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Are poll votes restricted by IP address?
I've just created a poll, voted myself (and subsequently correctly been told "You have already voted in this poll"), then logged in from a different machine (which obviously reports a different IP address) and have the option to vote again. On the other hand, I can't vote again from the first machine even if I log in using a different user account (get "You have already voted in this poll" again). This came to light because a user couldn't vote after someone else had from the same location. If so, is there any simple way to swap the restriction to one based on the user name instead? Otherwise, each time a user on a dialup connects, they will be able to vote again as the ISP assigns a new IP! 
Ta ------------- http://www.pedalcars.info/ - www.pedalcars.info The most fun on four wheels 
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Posted By: dj air
Date Posted: 25 April 2003 at 10:24am
| it uses a cookie to log weather you have voted |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 25 April 2003 at 12:09pm
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It uses a cobination of cookies and user ID ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: pedalcars
Date Posted: 27 April 2003 at 9:37am
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Ah. How? Given I can log in as me on a new machine and vote again, but can't vote if I log in to a previously-used machine as a new user, I assume the cookie is the more important part!
Does this also thus mean that if I delete the cookies set by the forum, I can vote again? ------------- http://www.pedalcars.info/ - www.pedalcars.info The most fun on four wheels
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 27 April 2003 at 10:52am
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It goes by cookie and the last voters forum ID number. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |