[Mailman-Developers] Cookie security hole in admin interface

John Morton jwm@plain.co.nz
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 18:37:15 +1200 (NZST)


John Morton writes:
 > I was looking at the code for the admin cgi in search of a good cookie 
 > authentication system, and found out that it was doing this,

[etc]

 > Any better suggestions? 

A quick glance at the WWW security FAQ suggests a good solution:

http://www.w3.org/Security/Faq/wwwsf7.html#Q66

John.