Re: cart token

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 34190
interpreted = N
texte = You're not going to find an exact formula for the string generated as [cart]. It is meant to be a unique string not a random one. From what I understand it is always 10-14 characters in length and it is derived from a combination of elements such as parts of the visitors IP address and parts of the date and time and parts of other things. The formula just is not documented because that could lead to a security problem. If you knew exactly how to formulate cart numbers, you could just poke around in someone's order folder and hope to land one. Cart numbers are not going to be in any order as they are generated, as some are more or less characters than others.Robert Mosebar wrote:> According to the limited information in the manual, the cart token is a > randomly generated number. Yet, when I look at the list of orders, over > time, the pattern seems to be that each new cart number is bigger than the > previous value. However, on rare occasions, we seem to be getting cart > tokens whose values are within a range of numbers generated almost exactly > one year ago. > > All this having been said, can someone help me understand a little more > about the random nature of generating a new cart token? I am trying to > understand what could be causing the values that seem to be so far out of > order. Thank you. > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/-- Robert Wade ====================== CABIN6 Design================================================ |[ //\ ||} || ||\| V| ================================================www.cabin6.com =============== robert@cabin6.com------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: cart token (Kenneth Grome 2000)
  2. Re: cart token (WebDNA Support 2000)
  3. Re: cart token (Robert Wade 2000)
  4. cart token (Robert Mosebar 2000)
You're not going to find an exact formula for the string generated as [cart]. It is meant to be a unique string not a random one. From what I understand it is always 10-14 characters in length and it is derived from a combination of elements such as parts of the visitors IP address and parts of the date and time and parts of other things. The formula just is not documented because that could lead to a security problem. If you knew exactly how to formulate cart numbers, you could just poke around in someone's order folder and hope to land one. Cart numbers are not going to be in any order as they are generated, as some are more or less characters than others.Robert Mosebar wrote:> According to the limited information in the manual, the cart token is a > randomly generated number. Yet, when I look at the list of orders, over > time, the pattern seems to be that each new cart number is bigger than the > previous value. However, on rare occasions, we seem to be getting cart > tokens whose values are within a range of numbers generated almost exactly > one year ago. > > All this having been said, can someone help me understand a little more > about the random nature of generating a new cart token? I am trying to > understand what could be causing the values that seem to be so far out of > order. Thank you. > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/-- Robert Wade ====================== CABIN6 Design================================================ |[ //\ ||} || ||\| V| ================================================www.cabin6.com =============== robert@cabin6.com------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Robert Wade

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