Yes, I agree. Thanks for clarifying. :)

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 7:40 AM, Hielke Hoeve <[email protected]>wrote:

> Dan,
>
> JSESSIONIDs are not inherently secure. Users can be so dumb as to
> copy/paste an url with an JSESSIONID as query parameter and send it to
> someone else via email/msn/etc. When that other person clicks the url,
> while the first person is logged in, he is logged in as well.
> Webapplications should always invalidate the wicket session before
> authenticating. (use Session.get().replaceSession() )
>
> See also: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Session_Fixation
>
> Hielke
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Retzlaff [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: maandag 5 maart 2012 3:53
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Wicket authentication: how to store user?
>
> Paolo, sessions are accessed with a JSESSIONID cookie or query parameter
> supplied with each request. It's not possible for one user to guess another
> user's session ID, so the approach Martin describes is inherently secure.
> (Just be careful with your authentication code and form/query parameter
> validation elsewhere in your app!)
>
> Dan
>
> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 4:40 AM, Paolo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Alle sabato 03 marzo 2012, Martin Grigorov ha scritto:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Save the logged in user id in the Session.
> > >
> > > MySession.java:
> > >
> > > private long userId;
> > >
> > > public User getUser() {
> > >   return userService.getUserById(userId); }
> > >
> > >
> > > AnyPage.java:
> > > user = MySession.get().getUser();
> > >
> > Thank you, for support and explanation code, very useful because I am a
> > newbie.
> > Just one another answer: Is it secure?
> > Can someone alter session data and change user data, so an hacher could
> > log with own account but operate with other accounts?
> > Do I need some random code like this "hdfds6yh6yhgtruifh4hf4frh9ruehfe"
> to
> > store temporanealy in session and database and associate it to a specific
> > user?
> >
> > > > I added registration and user/password sign-in and checking with
> > database, instead of simple "wicket" as user and password.
> > > > All works ok, but now I need in AdminPage to known which user is
> > logged in.
> >
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