On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 20:43:48 -0500, in php.general mba2000@xxxxxxxxxx (Michael B Allen) wrote: >Why do sessions use cookies? Isn't a session just a container associated >with the user's socket? No. Even though mechanisms such as keepalive exists they are not reliable for tracking a user. A client can still open multiple HTTP connections to the same host even when using keepalive. Furthermore we would like the session to survive the smallest hickups (e.g. disconnects, TCP RSTs, ...). -- - Peter Brodersen -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
