[Vtigercrm-developers] application_unique_key

[nilay khatri]

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One can get access to instances running on same domain with same
application key


On Thu, 27 May 2021 at 12:32 AM, Rubén A. Estrada Orozco <rulotec1 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I imagined it had the purpose of tracking app usage. From your grep one
> can see that's somehow being used for the extension store. Let's see if
> someone from the vtiger team can give us a more detailed explanation about
> the origin and usage of that variable.
>
>
> On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 11:51 PM S T Prasad <stprasad at stprasad.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ruben,
>> This point also intrigued me and I executed a grep (excluding
>> config.inc.php) and this result, shows that while it may not be
>> significant, it is still needs to exist.
>> Soren Madsen's observation was also mine, the there is nothing unique
>> about it.
>>
>> That said, it can be used by third party developers, to qualify the
>> uniqueness of the instance, using it in combination with other server
>> parameters, like
>> SERVER_NAME, SERVER_ADDR, HTTP_REFERER to absolutely qualify the instance
>> as two instances with the same , will not have the combination of the
>> above.
>> A possible use case may be to license the 3rd party extensions in a hash
>> of the above 4 values, which fully qualify the unique instance.
>>
>> Otherwise, it seems to be a code vestige.
>>
>> Pin drop silence from the Vtiger team on this topic, suggests a real deep
>> state type of secret usage!
>>
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>> With best regards,
>>
>> S.T.Prasad (Skype: stprasad at stprasad.com)
>> Founder and Chief Shikari
>> http://www.vtigress.com
>> The Purr-fect mate for vTiger
>> Certified Solution Partner for Asia and Africa
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 1:23 AM Søren Madsen <sm at globalcrm.dk> wrote:
>>
>>> Absolutely nothing - I have several instances running with the same key
>>>
>>>
>>> Den fre. 7. maj 2021 kl. 21.33 skrev Rubén A. Estrada Orozco <
>>> rulotec1 at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> What is the use of the $application_unique_key variable in
>>>> config.inc.php?
>>>>
>>>> [image: image.png]
>>>>
>>>> What could happen if two instances have the same key? For example if
>>>> you create a new vtiger from a copy of an existing instance
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Saludos
>>>>
>>>> Rubén
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