I think it's basically just a random number that is stored either in a
cookie or using URL rewriting. You can call HttpSession.getId() to get the
value.
Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wouter Boers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tomcat-User@Jakarta. Apache. Org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 3:01 AM
Subject: how is a session identified
> Hello,
>
> I have a question reguarding the session. What is this session based on?
How
> is a client browser uniquely identified by tomcat to map that session to
its
> own context.
>
> I'm looking for the data that is required to identify the client browser
and
> the identification process. I would love to have some pointers to the
specs
> and sources implementing the specs.
>
> Wouter
>
