Eddie Shipman wrote:
> I would create a PHP script that does that for me. I would send the
> information in a POST request using Either Indy HTTP or even WinInet.
> I would have a database on my website with the info in it and use PHP
> to query the database and return a validation code to my program for
> valid users. If a validation code was not returned, I'd disable my
> program.
>
> Very simple to do using PHP/mySQl and most hosts support that
> combination.
I found surely the simplest way of doing it. Web accesses are
automatically entered in our website logs along with any parameters
that were sent with them. Using that, all I need to do is, if a user is
on the unauthorised list, I pull up a web page with an error warning
that tells the user to call tech support, and that access includes an
encrypted form of the program's serial number as a parameter. At the
end of the month I scan the logs looking for accesses to that page and
decode and lookup the parameter codes to identify which user attempted
the access. This requires no database, no backend support on the web
site, no script (not-even javascript in the web page) and really should
do all that I need to do with this.
If you see any problems with this approach, please point them out.
Thanks again for answering.
