I believe the most challenging step in the session hijacking process is the desynchronizing of the current session. Sessions are tracked by developers to identify a user. When the site identifies a particular user, their session ID is maintained in the server to be used later to determine the users’ identity. During the session hijacking process, this part signifies one of the most challenging parts technically. During this strep, a hacker has to find ways to predict the correct number sequence that denotes a particular user’s session id. This step is critical because without predicting the correct sequence of numbers, the hijacking process will fail. The failure is that the server will identify the user ID as foreign and reset the packets, thereby rendering the connection attempt null. If the hacker continuously guesses the numbers wrong, then there is a chance that the hack will be detectable.
The methods I might use to overcome these challenges are session fixation, generating cookies before user authentication, and analyzing patterns in the session ID codes. Session fixating will allow me to set up a session well in advance so that when the individual wishes to log in to their actual sessions, I can acquire their credentials. However, this depends on if the server they are using does not check if the incoming session is authentic. By generating cookies before authentification occurs, then obtaining the session ID is possible, making it easier to hijack a session. Finally, predicting the session IDs becomes the only viable option to obtain access to user accounts when all else fails.