Bryan Stevenson wrote:
> 
> I just found something kind of odd in the web logs for one of our clients and 
> I'm wondering if any of the fine list membership can shed some light ;-)
> 
> 
> There are a number of page requests from and AOL IP range (first 3 sets of 
> number the same...the last set changes).  It is obviously the same person 
> (based on their path through the site...and referring pages)...but the last 
> number in the IP changed every couple of minutes.  Do AOL users all get 
> funnelled through proxy servers or do their IPs change that fast?

There are certain applications that use session-based security 
restricted to a single IP address.  phpBB is one.  I've had numerous 
reports from users of some boards that I've run about AOL people having 
difficulty logging in.

BlogCFM also does IP-based session security, but it's optional.

You might find this article from the phpBB authors handy:

http://www.phpbb.com/kb/article.php?article_id=54

  - Rick

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