What do you mean, maintained on the client?

-----Original Message-----
From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 7:44 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Login/Password screen


Quoting Craig Dudley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Create a session variable, set it to 0, and after every failed
> login attempt increment it by 1, if it reaches 3, don't show the login
> screen but a locked out screen instead. After their session times out,
> they will be able to try again however.

Sessions, although stored on the server, are maintained on the client.
Ergo, insecure. Use an IP address.

Jochem

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