Re: Security - Maybe a silly question
| From: | @ Edwin | Date: | Fri, 01 Nov 2002 21:46:40 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Security - Maybe a silly question | ||
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Hello,
"SED" <sed@sed.is> wrote:
> When I use sessions in PHP or just plain login/password in $_POST, can
> 3rd parties or hackers monitor the transmission, between me and user,
> and somehow decode the transmission and use the variables to login other
> time or overtake the current session?
Yes. (But, I'm not really sure what you meant by "between me and user"...)
> If so, how likely is for someone to manage it (get the
> username/password)?
By "sniffing".
- E