At 05:13 21.02.2003, Jason Sheets said:
[snip]
MAC addresses are used for on a LAN and not the Internet. Using a MAC
address might work for identification on a LAN BUT in most operating
systems you can easily change the effective MAC address on the card.
At 06:28 21.02.2003, Chris Cook said:
[snip]
I have used MAC address authentication using the arp table and it worked for
what I used it for, but it does only work over the local network and
spoofing is an issue. Using a cookie in conjuction with a MAC
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If you were concerned about the overhead of SSL you could make only your
login page go over SSL and the rest of your site go over normal HTTP.
You can do this, but you
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From: Leo Spalteholz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [PHP] MAC address user recognition?
On February 20, 2003 08:13 pm, Jason Sheets
Remember that the mac address gets changed by devices on the network...
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On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 20:29, Leo Spalteholz wrote:
I've been thinking about how to do authentication and user recognition
for my site without cookies. I had this idea but I don't really know
if its possible at
MAC addresses are used for on a LAN and not the Internet. Using a MAC
address might work for identification on a LAN BUT in most operating
systems you can easily change the effective MAC address on the card.
It would probably be better to look for some other form of
identification like SSL
anyone have any suggestions on where to start learning SSL?
Thanks,
Chris
From: Jason Sheets [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Leo Spalteholz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [PHP] MAC address user recognition?
Date: 20 Feb 2003 21:13:16 -0700
MAC addresses are used for on a LAN
On February 20, 2003 08:13 pm, Jason Sheets wrote:
MAC addresses are used for on a LAN and not the Internet. Using a
MAC address might work for identification on a LAN BUT in most
operating systems you can easily change the effective MAC address
on the card.
Good call. I thought there was
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