Hi Mark, Thank you for confirming that for me. I am new to the list and did do a search though past messages but did not find this point (obvioulsy I did not look hard enough).
Thanks again. Regards, Andy "Mark Charette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andy Higgins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Can anyone confirm whether > > AOL (or any > > other ISPs for that matter) change a user's IP address as seen by the web > > server (for eample through a proxy) within the same session? > > It's been pointed out and confirmed many, many times here. An IP is not > useful for authentication in the general case (you may have a specific case > on an intranet, but major players like AOL put everything through load > balancing proxies that change from request to request). -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
