Sessions and Users, was: Re: [Pangloss] [RFC] OpenFrame AppKit ideas

[Chris Croome]

Hi

On Wed 09-Apr-2003 at 10:20:14AM +0100, Steve Purkis wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at 05:39  pm, Chris Croome wrote:
> 
> >Were you thinking of using HTTP authentication for usernames?
> 
> We have to in order to be compatible with MKDoc users.  Though
> that will only be for user names - I imagine Pangloss will have
> different user objects under the hood.

> >So you are suggesting the use of cookies? How would this work for
> >...
> 
> Not necessarily - the session id can be stored a URI, cookie, or
> form parameter.

Are you thinking that sessions are only needed for people logged on
with usernames or are anon users (like googlebot) also going to have
sessions?

Chris

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