Hotmail cookie authentication
| From: | David Newcomb | Date: | Tue, 13 Jun 2000 09:56:14 +0000 |
| Subject: | Hotmail cookie authentication | ||
| Groups: | php.dev | ||
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Hi all,
I am not sure if this is a right group to ask, so my apologies if I have
blundered!
I am interested in how hotmail.com has implemented their security by using
cookies.
It seems that as long the user dosen't close thier browser then they can go
back to a bookmarked page within the hotmail tree. But as soon as they
close and repoen their browers the cookie is lost and the hotmail server
asks them to re-enter their password.
How is this achieved, using PHP (4)?
David.