Re: Computer Authorization
| From: | Ernest E Vogelsinger | Date: | Fri, 21 Feb 2003 02:07:45 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Computer Authorization | ||
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At 01:59 21.02.2003, Chris Cook said:
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>I am looking into an application that only specific computers can access. A
>login does not work since we only want people to log in from certain
>computers. IP numbers dont work since they are dynamic. Cookies work
>temporarily, but are often deleted and are not the most secure route. Any
>suggestions for accomplishing this?
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If you have your site on SSL (https://), you could install a client
certificate on the client machines, and either configure apache to require
the certificate, or query the HTTP environment for a matching certificate
in your PHP file.
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