On Wednesday 09 May 2007, Eric J. Hoffman wrote:
> authenticate file....what is the best way to detect this and defeat it?
> Noone has ever gained access this way as of yet, but we are studying
> possibilities, and this seems to me to be an attack vector.

What could they do by submitting the local form (with valid session ID 
embedded in it, cookies set from a real session etc. etc.) that they couldn't 
do by just being logged into the site anyway ?

-- 
Tom Chiverton
Helping to completely generate virtual IPOs
on: http://thefalken.livejournal.com

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