Re: Why are they more secure?

Greetings, NC.
In reply to Your message dated Monday, March 31, 2008, 22:27:18,
 

> This is the recipe for trouble with AOL users, whose IP addresses may
> change sporadically.

Bad for them, if it is true. And there is always a chance for normal ISP wit
h
sane routing schemes.

> Not to mention the fact that IP address is fairly easy to spoof...

It is a bit off-topic here as it is a matter of lower-level network conflict
resolution. At application level, You have little chance to detect such
attacks, if they passed through network layer.

In closing, if Your data THAT sensitive (or You're that paranoidal), use
HTTPS.


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Sincerely Yours, AnrDaemon <anrdaemon@freemail.ru>