Hi,

I have a client who would like me to build a site for 3rd party they  
work with. One of the requirements is that any user visiting the new  
site must first log into the private section of my clients current  
web site and click a link found there. This is not meant to be a  
super secure site. Only to keep out competitors. Here are a list of  
things they will not do:

1) do not want to 2 logins. one for the current site and one for the  
new site.
2) will not give access to the current site's user list for new site  
to auth against.

So I was thinking of creating a cipher script. One that script that  
is placed on the current web site that will create a 32 or 64  
character string maybe just a MD5 has of some programmable source  
string, like the date plus some text. Then post that via GET to the  
new site and test. If they match you set a cookie if not display an  
error page.

I was wondering if anyone had a better idea. I was wondering if  
checking the refer url would work too? Maybe that would be in  
addition to the hash test. Another challenge is that this system is  
meant to be duplicated for many new clients and some may not have php  
on their servers. Do you think just checking the refer URL is enough?

Sincerely,
Mike
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Mike Brandonisio                 *    IT Planning & Support
Tech One Illustration            *    Database Applications
tel (630) 759-9283               *    e-Commerce
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