[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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