Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 06/12/07 21:05

howa wrote:
>> And what do you do when the IP address can change with every request -
>> for instance, AOL users and some corporations?
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> You made a very good point, never thought of IP address can change
> with every request...
>
> How about only rely on the first 3 part, e.g. 202.92.94.xxx (drop the
> last part) ?
>
>

No guarantee there, either - although I don't see why it should change,
you're also losing a main security feature. Just figure that IP
addresses are not reliable security indicators.

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