On 1/20/07, Howard Lewis Ship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I've been thinking about this as well.

I think the most secure approach will be to store the serialized data
in a temporary (embedded or flat file) database on the server, and
send just a short, opaque identifier to the client. This has the added
benefit of storing significantly less data on the client side (which
might allow the use of GET for forms that do no modify externally
persistent state).

Certainly, "salting" the identifier with a session id, or other value
that uniquely identifies the user, will be important.

I can see two different "stores" for this data; one for unidentified
visitors that "salts" with the user's IP address, the other that
"salts" with the session id.

Clustering issues will make this more complex.

Please don't force the use of a session.

--
Massimo
http://meridio.blogspot.com

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