[AWS] cookie

Pascal Obry p.obry@wanadoo.fr
Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:34:42 +0100


David,

 > Ok back to clarifying what you asked for:
 > 1)from a non-aws web server
 > 2)redirecting a web browser to an AWS server
 > 3)along with sending a non-aws cookie
 > 
 > What you are asking for is IMHO going to move the bad design from the
 > non-aws server to the aws architecture.  The reasons follow:
 > 1)Any persistent data stored with the web browser if it is a real aws
 > session is stored with an aws session id in order to restore the state
 > of the web browser exactly as it was before.  This is a core intent of
 > the design IMHO.
 > 2)Your non-aws web server cookie has no similar behaviour and the ada
 > web server can't respond to the web browser as if it were a previous aws
 > session.

That is indeed the main problem. Most if the time there is no point exchanging
a SID. Or maybe on the non AWS server the SID is some kind of database key?

Pascal.

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