On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Edward Hibbert wrote: > Or are sequence numbers just inherently untrustworthy when you have multiple > access going on, and everyone should really use UIDs?
Within a session, sequence numbers are absolutely, 100% trustworthy. This is even more trustworthy than UIDs, which can change under certain circumstances (admittedly, a UID change in a session is a very obscure circumstance, but it can happen). Of course, a client can not use sequence numbers across multiple sessions. In any case, if your client can use sequence numbers, it should. Sequence numbers are always better if they can be used. -- Mark -- http://staff.washington.edu/mrc Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate. Si vis pacem, para bellum.
