RE: [PHP] sessions

> -- AOL. Their outgoing IP isn't necessarily the same IP address > throughout the session. AOL assigns IP addresses as needed. I have not seen it where AOL randomly shunts a new IP to a client, but then again I don't get to many AOL users on the websites which use these sessions, ofcourse of those who do, none have ever complained about there session being lost. > -- People behind web caching servers. HTTP can be cached, HTTPS cannot. > If you switch between HTTP and HTTPS, a person's IP address will change. I can see where this would be true. > -- Clients that have network connections that multiplex multiple pipes. > If there are multiple IPs, then the connection may flipflop between the > IPs in the session. This is true, however most people with secondary connections are (or should) be operated in a BGP fashion where two pipe's can route the same IP subnet while maintaining two seperate routes to the internet. Adam Voigt adam.voigt@cryptocomm.com