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Re: Authentication


Jonathan Vanasco <suppressed> [03-08-2006 21:24]:
> On Aug 3, 2006, at 12:31 PM, Radoslaw Zielinski wrote:
>> Valid: exists, hasn't expired, client's IP matches (ID might have been
>> stolen somehow), etc.
> I find IP matching to be utterly useless.  IPs for dialup/broadband  
> users change like crazy as their ISPs funnel stuff into/out of proxies.

> my own ip can change every 3 minutes at times.  its annoying.

Uh, that's extreme.  But I'd call it a broken network, not a problem
with the idea of matching IP.  With something like this, any service
using long-lasting connections will have problems.

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Radosław Zieliński <suppressed>

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