Re: Tough Problem: Anonymous Posting Enabled Forum



Hello Bruce,

It seems that it is beyond the capability of ASP.net.
Perhaps the fastest way is to disable the IP fields in the
IIS W3C logs...


--
Best Regards,
W. Jordan





"Bruce Barker" <brubar_nospamplease_@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23bq$GY9VFHA.1040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> you could add a log filter to your site, that removed or changed the
> ipaddress.
>
> -- bruce (sqlwork.com)
>
> "W. Jordan" <wmjordan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OOrG4F2VFHA.928@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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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