Re: [PHP] Protecting from session hijacking

2001-07-04 Thread Marius Andreiana
hijacking? I thought of checking IP address on subsequent requests, but apparently this cannot be relied on because of HTTP proxies etc. but isn't better than nothing ? I think a session should be from the same IP all it's life, and this should be build into php. Internal networks will be seen

RE: [PHP] Protecting from session hijacking

2001-07-04 Thread Jason Murray
I think a session should be from the same IP all it's life, and this should be build into php. Internal networks will be seen as the same ip, so session can be stolen by somebody else in the same internal net, but not from outside of it. Now tell me what's wrong with my opinion, b/c it's

RE: [PHP] Protecting from session hijacking

2001-07-04 Thread Marius Andreiana
On 04 Jul 2001 19:34:03 +1000, Jason Murray wrote: Now tell me what's wrong with my opinion, b/c it's too simple to work :) Four words: Load Balancing Proxy Servers. I knew it! :) So if someone on the net sees the URL and it has session id in it, that session can be stolen? -- Marius

[PHP] Protecting from session hijacking

2001-07-03 Thread Arcady Genkin
Is there any real way to protect against possibility of session hijacking? I thought of checking IP address on subsequent requests, but apparently this cannot be relied on because of HTTP proxies etc. Any wizdom on the matter? (I'm already saving the session files in a directory protected from