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Re: Best practice, (secure), to save session data? [message #178409 is a reply to message #178408] Fri, 15 June 2012 15:20 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Chris Davies is currently offline  Chris Davies
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Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex(at)attglobal(dot)net> wrote:
> 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.

You're (still?) missing my differentiator between this and a session
cookie.


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

It wasn't about having a password (implicit with the cookie or otherwise),
it was having access to the data stored directly in the cookie itself.

Chris
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