Kevin,
Thanks for your constructive input.... Comments below:
On Thursday, January 13, 2000 9:41 AM, Kevin Jones
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> Anything is possible - it's just software after all. A better question
would
> be how possible is this to do a) eadily and b)without annoying the user.
>
> Take the browser issue - if you are able to use cookies multiple windows
> from the same browser will be in the same session (the browser will store
> the client side cookie in the same place regardless of the open window),
> different browsers will store the cookies in different places so if a
user
> opens another browser then they will not be part of ANY session, meaning
> they will need to log-on.
>
> If you are not using (or can't use) cookies then even the single browser
> scenario may not work - that then depends on whether the new window was
> spawned from the current one, or created afresh, in the second case you
will
> probably need to get the user to logon.
I believe that using URL re-writing is the way to go to have the single
browser - single session relationship (and moreover doesn't require
cookies) BUT what I want is multiple browser - single session.
If there was only a way to concoct a unique ID for a GIVEN USER (sounds
like I'm asking for the PIII processor ID thingy here but I'm not) then any
attempt to access the web server can respond with a single session.
Any comments....
> As for B this may be easier, you'll just need to track the sessions
yourself
> based on some identifier (such as a user id), store the information in a
> database, then you can do pretty much what you want,
As I mentionned in my P.S. we can't use user names and passwords to
uniquely identify a user. THis would work but is way to intrusive for our
application (which is going to be open to the public).
--Nikolaos
> Kevin Jones
> DevelopMentor
>
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> Sent: 13 January 2000 01:33
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> Subject: Is Global Session Possible?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to do either of the following:
>
>
> (1) Be able to uniquely identify a surfer such that ALL requests (whether
> from current browser, spawned browser(s), or other launched browser(s))
use
> the SAME session.
>
> OR
>
> (2) As soon as a "new session" is created INVALIDATE ALL other sessions
for
> a given surfer for reuests whether the session(s) were created from the
> current browser, spawned browser, or other launched browser(s).
>
>
> We have the need for providing a mechanism such that the last access to A
> page, by the user from any browser or spawned window, is the ONLY VALID
> session.
>
> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CREATIVE IDEAS on solving this....
>
> Any help is appreciated...
>
> --Nikolaos
>
>
> P.S. We can NOT use user names and passwords even if we wanted.
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
> Nikolaos Giannopoulos
> Director, Solmar Solutions Inc.
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> (819) 684 - 0023
>
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