On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 05:49:30PM +0530, Gaurav Vaish <gaurav.vaish@xxxxxxxxx> wrote a message of 32 lines which said: > I understand that and know how the HTTP Authentication works. And you understand that authentication and session tracking are two different things? > All I was interested in was... whether there's some way, other than > cookie or "session-ID" option (ugly parameter to URL) The session ID can be a hidden form parameter. http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/forms.html hidden controls Authors may create controls that are not rendered but whose values are submitted with a form. Authors generally use this control type to store information between client/server exchanges that would otherwise be lost due to the stateless nature of HTTP (see [RFC2616]). The INPUT element is used to create a hidden control. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf