RE: [PHP] PHP Session Variables Not Being Set For Certain Browsers
| From: | Mark Charette | Date: | Sat, 27 Dec 2003 16:28:51 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] PHP Session Variables Not Being Set For Certain Browsers | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Higgins [mailto:andy.higgins@telkomsa.net]
> Can anyone confirm whether
> AOL (or any
> other ISPs for that matter) change a user's IP address as seen by the web
> server (for eample through a proxy) within the same session?
It's been pointed out and confirmed many, many times here. An IP is not
useful for authentication in the general case (you may have a specific case
on an intranet, but major players like AOL put everything through load
balancing proxies that change from request to request).