Am 27.09.13 12:12, schrieb Leigh:
> On 26 September 2013 11:32, Tjerk Meesters <tjerk.meest...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Leigh <lei...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> There's several scenarios where a users IP changes and you don't want to
>>> drop their session. (That doesn't mean it should simply have an option to
>>> disable it either)
>>
>>
>> Let's be clear here: this won't happen (in most cases), because the client
>> will simply get a new cookie and the session will keep working; it's like
>> what you would implement if your user level goes from anonymous to logged in
>> and vice versa.
> 
> Right, so maybe I misunderstood the intent of this.
> 
> I was reading it as: valid SID on new IP = drop session, which to me
> seems like the more "secure" approach.
> 
> What you're saying is is when a valid SID is supplied on a new IP, you
> regenerate the SID and the session continues to be valid on the new
> IP?
> 
> So on a successful session hijack (correct SID, new IP) the attacker
> gets a new SID and keeps the valid session while the legitimate user
> gets kicked out.
> 
> Not seeing how that improves things at all.

So what about an ISP that changes the IP-Adress of it's clients every
half hour? Suddenly the IP for a valid SID has changed and the
legitimate user gets kicked out. Every half hour. No Attacker needed.

Does that improve things?

Regards

Andreas


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