Re: Making a secret cookie code in WebCat

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39142
interpreted = N
texte = Palle B. Nielsen (PowerPalle) wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am thinking of redefining the way I make Cookies on my WebSTAR/WebCatalog > solution. > > The thingy I'm really looking for is for WebCatalog to make a Cookie Value, > which is unique and not readable. > > So the cookie should not be e.g.. > > 20011014210005 > YYYYMMDDHHMMSS > > But rather something totally useless for the normal user, which initially > can view the Cookie in the browser. > > Any other ideas on how to make more secure session Cookies using WebCat is > welcome too.That is what [cart] is for. That is a unique, completely useless to the user string of digits. Store all of the user information in a ShoppingCart on the server and just use the cookie to select which one to display. This is how all of our sites are designed. It is a rather neat and clean interface.HTHJohn-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Making a secret cookie code in WebCat (Bob Minor 2001)
  2. Re: Making a secret cookie code in WebCat (Sam Lewis 2001)
  3. Re: Making a secret cookie code in WebCat (John Peacock 2001)
  4. Making a secret cookie code in WebCat (Palle B. Nielsen (PowerPalle) 2001)
Palle B. Nielsen (PowerPalle) wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am thinking of redefining the way I make Cookies on my WebSTAR/WebCatalog > solution. > > The thingy I'm really looking for is for WebCatalog to make a Cookie Value, > which is unique and not readable. > > So the cookie should not be e.g.. > > 20011014210005 > YYYYMMDDHHMMSS > > But rather something totally useless for the normal user, which initially > can view the Cookie in the browser. > > Any other ideas on how to make more secure session Cookies using WebCat is > welcome too.That is what [cart] is for. That is a unique, completely useless to the user string of digits. Store all of the user information in a ShoppingCart on the server and just use the cookie to select which one to display. This is how all of our sites are designed. It is a rather neat and clean interface.HTHJohn-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ John Peacock

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