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Old 07-07-2008, 14:56   #11263
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Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]

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Originally Posted by isf View Post
You're correct, they would need the IP. Here's a (rough untested example) of a much simpler version that does leak the ID (if you know how to decode it) but still renders it useless for fuzzing unless you can somehow do an IP takeover.
A webmaster could still swap uid's of two of his visitors by xor ing their cookies with the sha1 of each ip address.

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Originally Posted by isf View Post
I'd think it'd be easier to match the webwise id to OIX ad server request log files.
Probably would be easier, but neither is difficult. The search space for the brute force attack is < 1e7. If you know the RAS a user is on it is even smaller.

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Originally Posted by bluecar1 View Post
only problem with that is BT Retail use dynamic IP's

peter
Not the only problem but certainly is one.
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