Re: Re: Secure pages

From: David Olbersen <dave(at)slickness(dot)org>
To: Michael Fork <mfork(at)toledolink(dot)com>
Cc: <Timothy_Maguire(at)hartehanks(dot)com>, Paul Joseph McGee <mcgee(at)student(dot)cs(dot)ucc(dot)ie>, <pgsql-php(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Re: Secure pages
Date: 2001-03-13 19:24:03
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.31.0103131123200.30154-100000@bubbles.electricutopia.net
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On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Michael Fork wrote:

->The easiest way in PHP that I have found is to create a file called
->validate.php containing the following:
->
-><?
-> if ($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS["MyCookie"] != 'Some Value') {
-> header("Location: http://my.company.com/login");
-> }
->?>
->
->and, after the user has logged in, set a cookie. Then, for each page that
->should be for a logged-in user only, just include the validate.php file.

Boy that's not very secure...I could find your included file, see what 'Some
Value' is, and then just make my own cookie!

-- Dave

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