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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/21/06 03:54
fReDiNi wrote:
> Hi, I have an strange problem with session variables.
>
> I have a site hosted in a local server. I have physic access to this
> server and its configuration.(apache, php,files...).
>
> I have external access to the web site by typing the public ip address
> of the local server.
>
> I have a domain too, and this domain is redirected to the static public
> ip of the local server so when I type (out of the local server net) the
> domain in a web explorer I surf to the content of the local server
> (like typing the public ip).
>
> I have observed with the redirection configuration, that when I click
> on elements of the page that propagate parameters, this it is not
> reflected in the address.
> Example:
> I have a link that points to http://www.mysite.com/link.php.
> When I click on this link I go to the link but the explorer address is
> always http://www.mysite.com.
> However in the link properties I can see that this link points to
> http://my local ip/link.php.
> This doesn.t happen if I go to my site using the public Ip.
>
> This is the problem:
>
> I have the typical login form.When the data submitted is ok, the login
> name is saved in a session variable.To check if the active visitor is
> logged in, I check the existence of this session variable every page
> refresh.
>
> This works ok in the local server.
> Using the public ip address works ok too.
>
> But when I use the domain direction this does not work in Internet
> explorer (I have tried in different computers). but in Mozilla it does
> work. I think Internet explorer configuration is not letting session
> variables to be propagated with the redirection.
> Any sugestion?.
> Thanks for reading.
>
Session id's are stored as cookies by default (depends on browser
settings). And one domain cannot read a cookie set by another domain.
To be able to do so would be a huge security hole.
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