I found one discussion with the author of the LoginSecurityFAQ where they ask this exact question and he does state that using a random sessionID other than the one automatically included in the http header generated by the servlet is best. (http://groups.google.com/group/ Google-Web-Toolkit/browse_thread/thread/ 208f0144bc686114/842ba54ffa4f9265?lnk=gst&q=user+authentication+login +sessions#842ba54ffa4f9265)
As for how to generate the token I'm thinking: String sessionID = UUID.randomUUID().toString(); Any feedback is great as I'm really new to this stuff. Thanks. On Jun 10, 10:14 am, eags <[email protected]> wrote: > I am implementing user logins and authentication using the model > presented in the login security FAQ. In particular I plan on manually > maintaining a table of {sessionID,User,timeout} values for each active > session and not using the normal servlet session functionality. > > So, my question is, where do I get the ID that is returned to the > client? I know that I can get one from the servlet session using > HttpServletRequest.getSession().getid() but it seems like I could just > use any randomly generated key right? And maybe I if face should not > use that technique because that sessionID is also in the header where > it can be easily snooped right? So, what is a good technique for > generating the sessionID? To avoid duplicates I would just check the > sessionID table before returning the sessionID to the client and if it > is already in use I just call generateSessionID() again. So my > question is what should getSessionID() look like? > > I realize the recommended approach in the LoginSecurityFAQ is > controversial and I've already read all that debate so I'm not really > interested in more of that. I just need specific help regarding these > questions assuming I am doing what is recommended in the FAQ. > > Thanks in advance for any help. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
