If you were an auto dealer and a customer brought their car in and said they didn't "like to have the battery plugged in", but wanted to know why they couldn't start their car, would you install a hand crank for them to start their car?
I know... It's a weak analogy... :)
/John
Scott Cadillac wrote:
Hi Steve,
If you recall, the point and the conclusion on that long discussion was "security" - if a user has session-cookies disabled, then so be it. Just display a message telling them to turn it back on before allowing them to proceed (provide instructions).
This is the most secure way to handle session management for any web platform (SSL is a different matter).
The issue is about security - why compromise security for user convenience. Giving them convenience now just delays more serious problems until a later date.
---- Yes, additional user variables may be assigned on the Server because of missing session- cookies. Unfortunately, it is one down-side to pay for better security for your visitors.
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As for testing for cookies, writing a bit of code for this is not difficult - but keep in mind there is a different between "session" cookies and regular cookies, and that most every modern browser has settings for both kinds (and that some browsers use different terminology to describe these two kinds of cookies).
Hope this helps. Cheers....
Scott Cadillac,
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-----Original Message----- From: "Fogelson, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Witango User Group (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 15:40:48 -0500 Subject: Witango-Talk: Cookies
I have built my shopping cart application without <@userreference> tag at the end of each url. It seemed after all the discussion about a year ago that this was the way to go. Especially with search engine spiders and hijacked sessions.
I talked to one of our online customers today and discovered that he was being assigned a new session id every time he added an item to his cart.
I'm trying to figure out a strategy for handling customers that have disabled cookies, besides requiring them to sign in when entering the site.
Is there a way to check to see if they have cookies disabled?
Any ideas on how to handle customers that have disabled cookies?
I am also concerned about all the user variables being created for this type of customer. Thanks in advance for your help.
Steve Fogelson Internet Commerce Solutions
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