Re: PHP Session Variables Not Being Set For Certain Browsers

Hi Mark, Thank you for confirming that for me. I am new to the list and did do a search though past messages but did not find this point (obvioulsy I did not look hard enough). Thanks again. Regards, Andy "Mark Charette" <charette@woodwind.org> wrote in message news:ODEKKKOHBFKHBBNEGHMLIEDOCJAA.charette@woodwind.org... > > -----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).