are J2EE session ids unique?

2007-02-22 Thread Leitch, Oblio
I can't seem to find an answer to this anywhere - are J2EE sessionIDs unique? That is, if I close/open the browser infinitely, am I guaranteed not to duplicate IDs? What are they based on, how are they created? Oblio This email message may contain privileged and/or confidential information.

Re: are J2EE session ids unique?

2007-02-22 Thread Cutter (CFRelated)
From the Adobe TechNote: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_18232 J2EE session management uses a new variable, called thejsessionid, to track a user's browser session instead of the CFID/CFTOKEN pair. The jsessionid variable is available to JSPs and Servlets. A

Re: are J2EE session ids unique?

2007-02-22 Thread Vince Bonfanti
Yes, according to the J2EE specification, session IDs are supposed to be unique. From the description of the javax.server.http.HttpSession.getID() method: Returns a string containing the unique identifier assigned to this session. The identifier is assigned by the servlet container and is