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Session: remove checks for matching IP address and user agent

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This was considered good practice in the days before always-on https,
but is considered superfluous today. It even gets in the way of IPv6
privacy extensions, which is the main argument for removing them today.
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Aaron van Geffen 2023-11-20 20:58:20 +01:00
parent 2ec565242e
commit 5f778d73b4
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models/Session.php
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@ -12,28 +12,6 @@ class Session
{
session_start();
// Resuming an existing session? Check what we know!
if (isset($_SESSION['user_id'], $_SESSION['ip_address'], $_SESSION['user_agent']))
{
// If we're not browsing over HTTPS, protect against session hijacking.
if (!isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']) && $_SESSION['ip_address'] !== $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])
{
$_SESSION = [];
Dispatcher::kickGuest('Your session failed to validate', 'Your IP address has changed. Please re-login and try again.');
}
// Either way, require re-login if the browser identifier has changed.
elseif (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']) && $_SESSION['user_agent'] !== $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])
{
$_SESSION = [];
Dispatcher::kickGuest('Your session failed to validate', 'Your browser identifier has changed. Please re-login and try again.');
}
}
elseif (!isset($_SESSION['ip_address'], $_SESSION['user_agent']))
$_SESSION = [
'ip_address' => isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']) ? $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] : '',
'user_agent' => isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']) ? $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] : '',
];
return true;
}