Re: Session security with cookies

Something I've recently been toying with is the idea of
encrypting/signing cookies with a private key on the server. The the
cookies can't be read or tampered with by the user, nor can they be
stolen by cross-site attacks and the like.

This isn't something I've done a lot of work with, however, so I may be
missing something obvious, and am open to comments on the idea.

Ron

Till Elsner wrote:
> Hi, i'm investigating in web application security this time and i'm
> trying to find some information about session management with cookies
> and related security issues. Can anyone point me to tips on how to make
> cookie based sessions more secure and how to prevent session hijacking?
> How secure is session handling using cookies and what are the main
> risks? Is anyone aware of good literature on that topic?
> Thanks and have a nice day
> Till
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Received on Dec 04 2007