AOL uses load balancing proxy servers which means every new page load could
come from a different IP address.
A quick google search brought up this article that mentions it:
http://surfaid.dfw.ibm.com/web/home/whitepapers/weblog.html
Read the section on 'Effects of Dynamically Changing IP addres
on 29/08/02 1:01 PM, Joseph Szobody ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>> But I wouldn't be relying on a remote IP for anything... they're too
>> unreliable.
>
> This wasn't meant to be a fool-proof security solution to begin with. None of
> these 'protected' pages contain anything real sensitive.
Yes,
> But I wouldn't be relying on a remote IP for anything... they're too
> unreliable.
This wasn't meant to be a fool-proof security solution to begin with. None of these
'protected' pages contain anything real sensitive.
However... what are some good security procedures (besides an encrypted con
I haven't heard about address' changing midway through a session (ie,
without reconnecting), but it's worth pointing out that there will be a few
other reasons why this isn't a good idea:
1. if they have to reconnect, they're near guaranteed to have a new IP
2. with most big ISPs, all users may
In a portion of a website, I have implemented user authentication and management using
sessions. When a user first logs in, the $REMOTE_ADDR is stored is a session variable
SESSION['ip']. On each of the protected pages, a header.php is included with the
following code:
if ($SESSION['ip'] != $R
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