Nope, have no idea... I've just allways been told (and adhered to) the rule
that you don't trust anything client side, which would include IP address'.
Even if you could get it working for AOL, what about some other ISP located
in Australia, South Africa, or anywhere else on the planet that you've
Just out of curiosity, do you know if any part (e.g. x1.x2.x3.x4) of the IP
remains static when AOL changes it? Even if it's only the first part, that's
better than nothing.
I'm having a headache now, because I'm already behind schedule, and this has
just thrown a spanner in the works :( (but sti
Ooooh, it's a lesson every day! Right, back to the drawing board :(
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> on 08/09/02 5:04 AM, M1tch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
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> > Why not just use IP?
> > I created a nice system, whereby if your IP
on 08/09/02 5:04 AM, M1tch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Why not just use IP?
> I created a nice system, whereby if your IP is changed (or someone is
> hacking your session), the session is destroyed, and the user must log in.
> Does not add much overhead either.
large ISPs like AOL use variable
Does it change the IP address while the user is connected? I didn't think
that was possible...
I only use sessions to store username/password and other limited variables,
it's only if they log off and back in again that's they have to log out, and
separate cookies automatically handle the login th
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Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: Proposal for securing PHP sessions
> You're going to be shutting out a lot of AOL users (bah! who needs em! ;p)
> if you do that, as AOL changes a user's IP address about as often as you
> read the word "the&qu
You're going to be shutting out a lot of AOL users (bah! who needs em! ;p)
if you do that, as AOL changes a user's IP address about as often as you
read the word "the"...
Dave
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