RE: Tough Problem: Anonymous Posting Enabled Forum

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Hi but you can capture the IP address to the Database too..
That might be easier for you to do
Patrick

"W. Jordan" wrote:

> Hello Gurus,
>
> I am developing an ASP.net forum in our intranet. The design
> specification requires that the forum provides a way for
> the users to post anonymously.
>
> Here's the structure of the database table which stores the
> threads in a forum:
>
> CREATE TABLE Module_ForumThreads (
> ThreadID int IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL ,
> ForumID int NOT NULL ,
> Title nvarchar (100) NOT NULL ,
> Poster Nvarchar (16) NOT NULL ,
> PostTime datetime NOT NULL
> CONSTRAINT DF_Module_ForumThreads_PostTime
> DEFAULT (getdate()),
>
> CONSTRAINT PK_Module_ForumThreads PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
> (ThreadID)
> )
>
> If somebody posts anonymously, the Poster field will be
> logged as "Anonymous".
>
> A typical sample of records might looks like these:
>
> ThreadID, ForumID, Title, Poster, PostTime
> 1, 1, "Hello world", "Many", "2005-5-13 08:12:12"
> 2, 1, "Da**it my income's gotten cut", "Anonymous", "2005-5-13 08:13:39"
> 3, 1, "Hello world too", "John", "2005-5-13 08:14:05"
>
> Since there's a timestamp in the table, if the boss is
> unhappy about the record 2 by the anonymous, he might
> require the IT professionals to check up the IIS W3C
> logs stored in the intranet server, and search for a
> record posted at "2005-5-13 08:13:39". By addressing
> the IP in the IIS record, the boss will be able to
> find out which guy has posted "Da**it..." actually.
>
> The design specification of the intranet disagrees
> what the boss might done as the above and encourages
> the employees to post anonymously by providing a
> real "anonymous" post, without traceable logs.
>
> If I don't disable the IIS logs, how I can workaround
> this problem and get a anonymous posting enabled
> forum?
>
>
> --
>
> Best Regards,
> W. Jordan
>
>
>
>
.

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