Ruby on Rails

Walter Davis wrote in post #1013792:
> The only way we have determined that this is possible is with physical
> access to the computer.
>

Are you saying that the malicious user can only gain access to the
user's account while using the user's computer? Or, is it true that
once the malicious user has a copy of the cookie, he can access the
account from any computer?

> As in any security scheme, that pretty well
> trumps anything that doesn't rely on the user logging in every time,
> and time-limited sessions.
>

I wasn't critiquing rails, I was trying to understand why the author of
the book said the persistent session was impervious to attack--after
himself raising the specter of a malicious user gaining access to the
user's computer. His explanation didn't make sense to me.

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