What is better sessions or cookies when making a log in ?
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Thread: Sessions or Cookies ??
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Sessions or Cookies ??
James
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31-05-2007, 01:28 PM #2
sessions FTW!
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Explain why.
Originally Posted by FlorX
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Sessions.
As they are barely exploitable.
I know cookies can be stopped to be exploitable, but overall i think sessions are better.
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31-05-2007, 01:30 PM #5
Safer, easier.
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Why are they safer? Originally Posted by FlorX
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Because cookies can be easily exploited if you don't use them properly.
If you don't protect how your cookies are stored then people can gain access to your website using a javascript injection.
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31-05-2007, 01:34 PM #8
Well if a hacker manages to get onto the users computer they might be able to see their username and password
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Then you encrypt passwords using an md5 hash then don't you
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If it's a simple password then you can decrypt it.
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