From an article about WAN optimization appliances in Computerworld:
In some markets, such as health and finance, [hiring] a managed
provider [who will do the encryption outside your routers] isn't a
good option for another reason: Because data is optimized in an
unencrypted state,
This has got nothing whatsoever to do with session fixation. It _has_
however, got something to do with security. In particular, with
authentication.
[Moderator's note: Actually, it seems to have everything to do with
session fixation. --Perry]
I may be ignorant about a few things but I'm