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Is stealing cookies still worth it?


blackriver

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I'm wondering, since the Gmail cookie stealin' news, and the attention it brought to how and why cookies could be vulnerable, is it still worth stealing cookies? Doesn't every big site has measures taken against cookie stealing, or more specific, cookie re-using from a different PC/OS/browser/MAC/IP?

Would you still really be able to simply log in as a certain user by using a captured cookie?

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The way most websites are written is that only a unique ID is stored in the cookie, and all data regarding the session is stored on the server. Depending how that ID is generated it could lead to session hijacking. PHP's default session ID are usually prone to hijacking because it doesn't automatically check the ID for validity. So, it really depends on how the site was written.

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