How does the Voting System Work in Pligg

[FunGuy]

Hi all,

I am new to Pligg and I am curious about how Voting System work? Does it checks the system IP/MAC address? How does it know that the vote is comming from unique PC. Is it possible for single PC to vote twice?

Thank you for your help.
Sam

[chuckroast]

Hi Sam
It does it by both IP and by Username

[FunGuy]

Chuckrost,

Thank you and I really appreciate your reply.

I understand by the username but how does IP Address work, because multiple users can have same IP address (Example: In a corporate environment where users have private ip in the network.). Wouldn't that be a problem? How does is differentiate between those PCs.

Any thoughts?

Thank you,
Sam

Originally Posted by chuckroast

Hi Sam
It does it by both IP and by Username

[chuckroast]

Originally Posted by FunGuy

Chuckrost,

Thank you and I really appreciate your reply.

I understand by the username but how does IP Address work, because multiple users can have same IP address (Example: In a corporate environment where users have private ip in the network.). Wouldn't that be a problem? How does is differentiate between those PCs.

Any thoughts?

Thank you,
Sam

Username, IP, and Cookies

[FunGuy]

Originally Posted by chuckroast

Username, IP, and Cookies

Thank you chuckroast again.

I am planning to let users vote without logging in (so No username). So basically IP and cookies are the only method to uniquely identify? right?

Thanks,
Sam