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Re: Best practice, (secure), to save session data?

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On 6/15/2012 3:46 AM, Chris Davies wrote:
>>> 2. If you encrypt the data into the cookie using a secret known only to
>>> the website then at least someone has to go to the bother of trying to
>>> brute force the data string, but they have as much time as they like to
>>> do so. Password security.
>>>
>
> Jerry Stuckle<jstucklex@attglobal.net>  wrote:
>> Incorrect.  They don't need to break the string.  All they have to do is
>> send the cookie.  The server doesn't care which client the cookie came from.
>
> No. Read what I said again, in the context of the OP's comment. He was
> talking about putting the real data into the cookie.
>
> Chris

I read it.  The thing you miss is the hacker doesn't need to decode the 
encrypted data in the cookie.  All he needs to do is send it - just like 
the original client would.

He won't have the password - but he doesn't need it.

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Best practice, (secure), to save session data? Simon <bad@example.com> - 2012-06-14 10:35 +0200
  Re: Best practice, (secure), to save session data? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-06-14 07:46 -0400
  Re: Best practice, (secure), to save session data? Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2012-06-14 13:52 +0100
    Re: Best practice, (secure), to save session data? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-06-14 12:30 -0400
      Re: Best practice, (secure), to save session data? Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2012-06-15 08:46 +0100
        Re: Best practice, (secure), to save session data? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-06-15 07:04 -0400
          Re: Best practice, (secure), to save session data? Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2012-06-15 16:20 +0100
            Re: Best practice, (secure), to save session data? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-06-15 16:25 -0400
              Re: Best practice, (secure), to save session data? Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2012-06-18 19:02 +0100
                Re: Best practice, (secure), to save session data? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-06-18 15:13 -0400
                Re: Best practice, (secure), to save session data? Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2012-06-18 23:12 +0100
                Re: Best practice, (secure), to save session data? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-06-18 21:30 -0400
                Re: Best practice, (secure), to save session data? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-06-19 08:37 +0200
  Re: Best practice, (secure), to save session data? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-06-15 22:44 +0200

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