[Gllug] IP address changes

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On 27 Nov 2006, Jason Clifford stated:
> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006, Alain Williams wrote:
>> OK: let's turn the question around: is it worth protecting against session
>> hijacking, if so how to do it ? I don't want the cost of https.
>
> Nothing but encryption is real protection against mitm attacks.

Encryption is only a defence if the man gets in the middle after the session
has started. If he's proxying you from the start, it won't help at all :/

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