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Old 04-12-2011, 10:57 AM   #1
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Php and "Cookie Poisoning"


If all that is kept in a cookie is a php session identifier then is "Cookie Poisoning" of any concern? All of the cookie poisoning examples I have seen are exploited when someone puts something sensitive in a cookie.

There is still a Session Hijacking threat with the Session ID, but that can be met by checking if the user-agent and/or IP has changed between requests.
 
Old 04-12-2011, 11:07 AM   #2
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This might be better off in the 'Security' forum... But as far as I am aware all attacks would have to go through session hijacking (or impersonation, if you've got a crap method for session identification)
 
  


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