Re: Session With Cookies

I never wanted this question to be an offense for anyone. I thank you all for your answers. Regards PHPLover Lux <me@simian.ca> wrote in message news:3A7D3854.4040803@simian.ca... > It's unlikely I suppose, but there's a must-have book you should look at > if you want info on hacks, including browser hacks (Hacking Exposed: > Network Security Secrets and Solutions, 2nd Edition). The cookie hack > that comes to mind only works in IE or MS products (but that's only > what, 90% of the web), but all it is is a line or so of html code that > somebody places on their site (say in an iframe...) that sends them all > your cookie data (if the user uses outlook, they can also just place it > in an email). from there, they use the cookie data to pose as that > person on various sites trying to gain sensitive info. but if you're > already giving them the password, how much more sensitive can you get? > > so really, if they don't close their browser for a while, this > possibility increases. and it may be a slim possibility, but it's > better to be safe than sorry. > > later > > lux > > > Well .. I am ... nobody but the user itself can see the login and password > > > > in the cookie. Unless it's on non-SSL connection and somebody is > > > > packet-shiffing around. Otherwise there would be no leak for somebody else > > > > to get this information, is there? > > > > And if the user doesn't logout, the cookie is still destroyed when the > > > > browser is closed anyway. > > > > > > > > Eelco. > > > -- > > John Luxford > Simian Systems > > w: www.simian.ca > e: lux@simian.ca > p: 204.946.5955 > > -- > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >