Chuck Esterbrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>At 05:48 PM 10/31/2001 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>Did anyone get anywhere in implementing non-cookie identification
>>mechanisms in Webware? ;-)
>
>Do think the EC might ever figure out that basic cookies are NOT harmful,
>invasive or even executable? :-)
Clearly, there's some education about cookies required in the inner circles of
the European Union's bureaucracy, but given the lack of convenient control over
cookie handling given to users of some of the more popular browsers, combined
with the nature of the groups lobbying against further restrictions, it's not
exactly surprising that the EU is considering a directive. I believe there's
already been legislation passed in the UK concerning the usage of cookies with
respect to privacy and data protection.
Tavis Rudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> At 05:48 PM 10/31/2001 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >Did anyone get anywhere in implementing non-cookie identification
>> >mechanisms in Webware? ;-)
>
>What are the options? How does PHP implement 'transparent session
>handling'?
I don't know. However, there are potentially lots of ways that one could
preserve state without using cookies:
* Using hidden form fields.
* Rewriting links to include extra parameters.
* Introducing extra path components - it should be possible to change
the BASE element in an HTML document to preserve state in this way.
Developing a framework which makes this automatic is not as straightforward for
the first two cases, at least, given that the framework would need some level
of control over the output of servlets. This is where template systems would
need to integrate with the application server, I suppose.
Paul
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