in reply to download tracking

How do you distinguish a user resuming a download from a different user starting a download?

Remember, HTTP is a connectionless protocol.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

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Re: Re: download tracking
by turnstep (Parson) on Mar 14, 2001 at 23:13 UTC

    You could log the IP and browser string at the first connection, and subsequent connections would need to match those fields. Not foolproof, but a start.

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Re: Re: download tracking
by pappajaz (Novice) on Mar 14, 2001 at 23:42 UTC
    The basic principle is that if the user didn't download the entire program, then give them another code or reinstate the same code untill the download is complete.
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