Membership Script

[Miriam]

I've had a request from a client to create a members only area of his site. But he has a special requirement that I don't know anything about. He wants to be able to tie the username/password to the particular computer from which the person signed up. His intent is to prevent passing passwords around to friends.

 

I know scripts can capture the IP address, but can the computer name be captured and put in a mysql database?

 

Thanks,

Miriam

[kajoiner]

I would not recomend tying it to a single computer. If you look at aMember Pro version, it helps reduce the password sharing that you talk about. Take a look at this and see if it will do what you need. It does cost $140. They offer a free version, but it does not include protections against password sharing.

 

http://cgi-central.net/scripts/amember/

[Miriam]

Yes, I did look at the amember script and saw that it ties it to the IP address. I'm not sure how this works for people who get assigned a new IP address each time they access the Internet. I guess I need to post this question on their forum.

 

Thanks,

Miriam

[DarqFlare]

Tying anything to an IP address is unreliable, as dial-up customers have changing IPs. Assigning them one IP is alright, but when they reconnect later on, if the system only allows the first IP to use the username and password, they can't get back in.