Re: improvements in session management?

[Michael Ströder <michael () stroeder com>]

Michael Ströder wrote:
> WebAppSecurity [Technicalinfo.net] wrote:
>
> > 1.  Only allow any user to have a single active connection to the web
> > application. (simultaneous logins result in slosure of all sessions).  
>
> Great opportunity for DoS attacks. ;-)

After being asked off list:

Sorry, maybe I got the original poster wrong.

My first thought was if someone manages to grab the session ID he/she can 
logout the valid user immediately by trying to access the web application 
with this session ID.

But after rethinking maybe the original poster thought about a second login 
with a *valid* authentication. This would not be vulnerable to DoS attack. 
Well, still I'd assume it's bad advice to close all sessions. A better 
approach would be to refuse the second login.

Ciao, Michael.