[Gllug] NHSnet Choose and Book

- Tethys tethys at gmail.com
Thu Feb 14 14:23:30 UTC 2008


On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 2:14 PM, John Winters <john at sinodun.org.uk> wrote:

>  That seems logical to me.  If someone has managed to snarf your cookie
>  half way through a session you don't want them to be able to hi-jack
>  whatever you're doing.

Not really. It's a misguided attempt at security, and it fails to take
account of the several legitimate reasons why your IP address might
change mid-session.

Tet

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