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Re: Best practices for secure persistent login?

by perrin (Chancellor)
on May 27, 2009 at 17:53 UTC ( [id://766483]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Best practices for secure persistent login?

The common practice is to use a unique ID and use an SHA1 digest with a secret salt to prevent tampering with the ID. No need to build your own when CGI::Session is already there.
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Re^2: Best practices for secure persistent login?
by Xenofur (Monk) on May 27, 2009 at 22:01 UTC
    Thanks for pointing me at that, I'd completely forgotten about it. :)

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