Re: Obtaining IP address of client using CGIDEV2

Hm.

I don't know any method to retrieve the MAC address and i don't even think
that this would be appropiate for a browser application. If that is somehow
possible, i expect it to be turned off by a security patch.. ;-)

What about cookies then?

When the cookie isn't set, i'd ask for the necessary id. Then the cookie is
set, and until someone kills the cookie, the application could know which
PC this is.
But this approach also depends on the security demands for your
application. When users have advantages / fun of entering false id's, this
isn't very useful.

(But when online.babylon.com translated "swipe" right, they do have to
enter their badge id? Then it's just the same.

But if i'm wrong and it's something like a little key that is somehow read
by a device at the PC, i assume that there is a piece of software that does
that. Then this application could read the MAC address and send it to the
iSeries with the "url click".)


best regards /  Mit freundlichen Grüssen

Anton Gombkötö
Avenum Technologie GmbH

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