RE: [PHP] Protecting from session hijacking

2001-07-04 Thread Marius Andreiana
On 04 Jul 2001 19:34:03 +1000, Jason Murray wrote: > > Now tell me what's wrong with my opinion, b/c it's too simple > > to work :) > > Four words: "Load Balancing Proxy Servers". I knew it! :) So if someone on the net sees the URL and it has session id in it, that session can be stolen? --

RE: [PHP] Protecting from session hijacking

2001-07-04 Thread Jason Murray
> I think a session should be from the same IP all it's life, and this > should be build into php. Internal networks will be seen as the same > ip, so session can be stolen by somebody else in the same > internal net, but not from outside of it. > > Now tell me what's wrong with my opinion, b/c

Re: [PHP] Protecting from session hijacking

2001-07-04 Thread Marius Andreiana
> hijacking? I thought of checking IP address on subsequent requests, > but apparently this cannot be relied on because of HTTP proxies etc. but isn't better than nothing ? I think a session should be from the same IP all it's life, and this should be build into php. Internal networks will be see