HW : Glastonbury voting

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I think you are right.  So I will only get to vote once at work.
But if you release your IP address and grab a new one...

RonJ
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Mather <paul at GROMIT.DLIB.VT.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list BOC-L <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Date: Friday, January 14, 2000 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: HW : Glastonbury voting


>On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Olivier Boigey wrote:
>
>=> There is a cookie file (in your browser's settings) to be deleted in
order to
>=> vote again, and again...
>=> BTW, the Marillion fan club is far in avance!!
>
>Odd, but I voted using the Lynx browser, which doesn't support cookies
>(or at least allows you to reject them), and it wouldn't let me vote
>again.  (I was able to vote once.)
>
>It may actually be that they are keeping track of IP addresses of
>voters, and disallowing votes if your IP address is already on file.
>So, those people who are behind proxies are screwed, and those who get a
>dynamic IP address (e.g., via DHCP) may be able to vote many times.
>
>That's just a guess, though.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Paul.
>
>e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu
>
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