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[nycphp-talk] Session Thoughts

Mark Armendariz nyphp at enobrev.com
Fri Oct 31 12:42:52 EST 2003


I defintiely see your point...  Do you have a solution for a secure
auto-login? 

-----Original Message-----
From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On
Behalf Of Chris Shiflett
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 11:57 AM
To: NYPHP Talk
Subject: RE: [nycphp-talk] Session Thoughts

--- Mark Armendariz <nyphp at enobrev.com> wrote:
> Here's how I do it in my login class:
[snip]
> In the top of your site files (an app_top or config or whatever), run 
> some sort of:
> if (!logged_in) {
> 	check_for_login_cookie();
> }

Out of curiosity, when a user's cookie is compromised for whatever reason,
this ensures that the attacker is able to hijack the user's session at any
time in the future?

Or, does the check_for_login_cookie() function require a password or
something before continuing?

Chris

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