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Re: Whitepaper "SESSION RIDING - A Widespread Vulnerability in Today's W

from [Elihu Smails] Network Security [Permanent Link]
Subject: Re: Whitepaper "SESSION RIDING - A Widespread Vulnerability in Today's Web Applications"
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 10:47:37 -0800 (PST) 
But you have already stored the IP address of the
attacker who created the session.  Therefore when the
victim connects to your web app, you do not allow them
in because the IP address does not match what is
currently stored in the session information.


--- "Sverre H. Huseby" <shh@thathost.com> wrote:


[Elihu Smails]

|   Sessions should track the remote IP address of
the client at a
|   minimum, so that this problem could go away.

Unfortunately, checking IP addresses won't solve the
Session Riding /
Web Trojan problem, as the request is coming from
the victim's
computer.


Sverre.





                
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