RE: HTTP Server's jobs for CGI applications

["Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hans,

Only you disable cookies and Javascript.  ;)

Paranoia of javascript and cookies is unfounded.

Brad

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> From: boldt@ca.ibm.com [mailto:boldt@ca.ibm.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 1:32 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: HTTP Server's jobs for CGI applications
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> Brad wrote:
> >You'll need to use some sort of persistence.  Cookies would
> >probably be the easiest.  Then you can key your temp file by
> >this cookie value (like a user id or something that they sign
> >on with).
> 
> Don't forget that many people disable cookies, so you need some
> alternative if cookies don't work.  (And then there are those of
> us who enable cookies, but soft-link cookies.txt to /dev/nul!)
> 
> Best to use some other mechanism, such as adding a hidden field
> to your forms with a session id number, or by adding a session
> id to your URL's.
> 
> Cheers!  Hans
> 
> Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
> 
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