RE: [PHP] sessions not so secure..solution?

2002-03-19 Thread SHEETS,JASON (Non-HP-Boise,ex1)
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 10:03 AM To: PHP List Subject: Re: [PHP] sessions not so secure..solution? On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 08:37:43AM -0800, PHP freak wrote: > BUT - it's actually happening often that someone linking to our store > from their own webs

Re: [PHP] sessions not so secure..solution?

2002-03-19 Thread Analysis & Solutions
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 08:37:43AM -0800, PHP freak wrote: > BUT - it's actually happening often that someone linking to our store > from their own website is including the long SESSID in the URL > that links to us, to that everyone who follows that link from > that website is getting the same sh

Re: [PHP] sessions not so secure..solution?

2002-03-19 Thread PHP freak
I came to the PHP list today with the same question/problem. My cart doesn't require cookies. If the user doesn't have them it just puts the SESSID in the URL. (Good ol PHP!) BUT - it's actually happening often that someone linking to our store from their own website is including the long SES

RE: [PHP] sessions not so secure..solution?

2002-03-19 Thread Drew Lopucki
I can't answer your overall question but I can tell you that a 'resourceful' hacker can also easily spoof an IP address, or so I'm told ;) Why not just have the entire session encrypted. The user could browse around the catalog sessionless and as soon as a cart was necessary (wants to put someth