Re: [PHP-DEV] Patch to minimize Session Fixation Risks

2004-04-07 Thread George Schlossnagle
On Apr 7, 2004, at 10:17 AM, Robert Cummings wrote: On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 09:56, inodes wrote: Hello, The PHP manual says it is the developer's job to ensure PHP sessions cannot be stolen or "fixed" (this is called Session Fixation). To minimise the risk of session fixation, I wrote a patch for

Re: [PHP-DEV] Patch to minimize Session Fixation Risks

2004-04-07 Thread Robert Cummings
On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 09:56, inodes wrote: > Hello, > > The PHP manual says it is the developer's job to ensure PHP sessions cannot > be stolen or "fixed" (this is called Session Fixation). > > To minimise the risk of session fixation, I wrote a patch for PHP-4.3.5 (I > can port it for the other

Re: [PHP-DEV] Patch to minimize Session Fixation Risks

2004-04-07 Thread Stefan Esser
Hello, sure the current user IS the session creator. It is based on client IP addresses. A legal user can have multiple IP addresses at the same time. This can have several reasons... for example a) ISP did disconnect him inbetween clicks b) he is using a proxy but for the https part of your