Can't we just use application version by default?

On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Ulrich Stärk <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 05.10.2012 00:22, Howard Lewis Ship wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Massimo Lusetti <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Howard Lewis Ship <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Users will want to configure their private pass phrase using a newly
> >>> defined symbol.  If left unconfigured, there will be a runtime error
> >>> logged (not an exception, just an error to encourage users to select a
> >>> private pass phrase).
> >>
> >> Why not generate a random string if not supplied.
> >> Doesn't it work better then the "DEFAULT" string?
> >
> > That would not work in a cluster; different servers in the cluster
> > would not be able to read each other's streams.  Yes, usually, its
> > based on sticky sessions, but even then, there's fail-over to
> > consider.  Also, a server restart would not only lose client sessions,
> > but would generate a new random key, so any forms would become
> > unsubmittable even if they did not depend on server-side session
> > state.
>
> We could store a randomly generated key in the session for those requests
> where a session exists. If
> none exists use the default. I know, we are trying to store as little as
> possible inside the
> session, but the few bytes of the key shouldn't be a problem.
>
> Uli
>
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