Re: [xml-dev] Re: Cookies at XML Europe 2004 -- Call for Participation

[John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>]

Joshua Allen scripsit:

> Regardless of whether you store your session token as Rich describes
> in a cookie, or in the URL, there is a danger that someone could use
> a man in the middle attack like you describe.  

Indeed, if I get to filter *all* your accesses to the net, I can make
you believe anything I want, by masquerading as all possible trusted
third parties.  There's nothing to be done about this.

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