Session Id Collisions

From: Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 04:48:12 +0000
Subject: Session Id Collisions
Groups: php.internals 
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Hello Everyone,

I've been reading that it's possible to encounter session id collisions
with the default php configuration. It's also been said that PHP utilizes a
cryptographically weak random number generator to
produce session ID information.


I know it's possible to change the hash function and entropy used in the
generation of the id but after looking at the php_session_create_id()
function  in the source code, I am wondering if adding the User Agent
string to the default setup would improve the uniqueness of the id.

What do you think?


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Raymond


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