Hockey wrote:My friends who have DSL need a third party program installed inorder to access the internet. I have cable and have never had anything else...so all I do is plug into the wall and voila.
DSL and cable are really pretty much alike. There is no need for software to get a DSL connection, other than the firmware that is in the broadbandrouter and the settings thereof.
Hockey wrote:I'm pretty sure we need to explicitly request a IP change...if one is desired...even then they usually recommend a proxy first. About the only time the IP's change is when the system goes down on their part and we have to reboot the router then occasionally we get assigned a new IP.
Both my DSL connection as my cable connection have static IP addresses. Reason for this is that they're both corporate connections, which means I am allowed to install and maintain a webserver or mailserver on such a connection. Nontheless, having a broadband connection does
not guaranty a static IP address. In the Netherlands having a dynamic IP address on a "personal" broadband connection is common, not a static one. It's all up to your Access Provider, really.
Now, getting back at the topicstart: no, there is no decent way to make sure every single person can vote only once, other than using user/pass combinations. The problem is that the other factors aren't stable, nor secure nor unique.