Re: [PHP] Re: Question regarding passwords/security

2011-12-23 Thread Curtis Maurand
Store everything in the database in an encrypted form. Stuart Dallas wrote: On 22 Dec 2011, at 19:34, Paul M Foster wrote: I have concerns that the items in a session buffer can be copied and used to spoof legitimate logins. This is harder to do when the info is held in a database.

[PHP] Re: Question regarding passwords/security

2011-12-22 Thread Al
On 12/22/2011 10:05 AM, Paul M Foster wrote: Not sure how to ask this question... I've always eschewed consulting a database on page loads to determine if a user is logged in, primarily because of latency issues. For example, you could store a nonce like the session ID in a table for a user

Re: [PHP] Re: Question regarding passwords/security

2011-12-22 Thread Paul M Foster
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:55:41PM -0500, Al wrote: On 12/22/2011 10:05 AM, Paul M Foster wrote: Not sure how to ask this question... I've always eschewed consulting a database on page loads to determine if a user is logged in, primarily because of latency issues. For example, you could

Re: [PHP] Re: Question regarding passwords/security

2011-12-22 Thread Stuart Dallas
On 22 Dec 2011, at 19:34, Paul M Foster wrote: I have concerns that the items in a session buffer can be copied and used to spoof legitimate logins. This is harder to do when the info is held in a database. Storing stuff in a database is no more secure, it simply requires one single extra

Re: [PHP] Re: Question regarding passwords/security

2011-12-22 Thread Al
On 12/22/2011 2:54 PM, Stuart Dallas wrote: On 22 Dec 2011, at 19:34, Paul M Foster wrote: I have concerns that the items in a session buffer can be copied and used to spoof legitimate logins. This is harder to do when the info is held in a database. Storing stuff in a database is no more