RE: [PHP] How Do Y'all Secure your Sites... (Cookies vs. IP Number)...

2002-07-05 Thread Lazor, Ed
I've typically seen the use of a login / cookie in tracking users and providing security. -Original Message- Quick Question on Cookies vs. IP Number: They appear to be easy to set (well at least in PHP), hence quite easily to get around (The user of your Site simply deletes the Cookie

Re: [PHP] How Do Y'all Secure your Sites... (Cookies vs. IP Number)...

2002-07-05 Thread Miguel Cruz
On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Kondwani Spike Mkandawire wrote: Quick Question on Cookies vs. IP Number: They appear to be easy to set (well at least in PHP), hence quite easily to get around (The user of your Site simply deletes the Cookie on his Hard Drive...) In Konqueror you are actually given

Re: [PHP] How Do Y'all Secure your Sites... (Cookies vs. IP Number)...

2002-07-05 Thread Miguel Cruz
On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Scott Fletcher wrote: We also use the $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] to allow only the credit bureau employee to log in to the administration website that is if the employee's machine is at the credit bureau place. This help with some security but not a full security because

Re: [PHP] How Do Y'all Secure your Sites... (Cookies vs. IP Number)...

2002-07-05 Thread Scott Fletcher
Well, the website use both port 80 and port 443. The public access the website freely, so blocking them is not an option beside they don't know the true IP address behind the firewall for them to access the administration website. We don't have Intranet for the administration website to be