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To: Carolyn who wrote (357)8/10/2004 10:38:06 AM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 812
 
The problem with that is there can be more then one person with the same IP address, and one person can have multiple IP addresses. So checking by IP address will give you both false negatives and false positives.

Tim



To: Carolyn who wrote (357)8/10/2004 10:38:08 AM
From: richardred  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 812
 
Thanks Carolyn. I just posed that question on the ask SI thread.

I'm not a computer whiz, but if you know the answer. How does the IP address ensure the same person at a different computer with a different ISP have duel accounts? I'm sure the SI membership fee discourages this from happening, but it's possible?



To: Carolyn who wrote (357)8/10/2004 10:41:49 AM
From: Gersh Avery  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 812
 
every time that you log on to the internet you are assigned a ip address by your ISP. Most of the time that is different each time you lon on.

So every time you would reboot your computer you have a different resulting ip address.


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