A Secure Approach for Strengthening Session Management with Custom Session Handlers

Session management is the underlying security mechanism that is instrumental in protecting the security and integrity of web applications’ user sessions. The research is dedicated to the examination of session administration solutions in web applications to provide secure user sessions and minimize the risks of session hijacking and session fixation. It touches on session management before and after user login, breaking it down into session maintenance. The custom session handler offers passive protection against session hijacking via session management using a MySQL database. This approach provides a safe way of creating and managing sessions, validating them as well as handling session expiration and performance optimization. The implementation intends to strengthen session securities of users, therefore, increasing the safety and reliableness of web applications