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Re: Session Id in URL and Cookies [message #15845 is a reply to message #15825] Tue, 06 January 2004 15:02 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Ilia wrote on Mon, 05 January 2004 13:33

That's true, however the same is true for URL sessions to a smaller extent. If you leave the computer on a forum page and within a few minutes another user uses that terminal they'll be able to use the forum as the user who didn't logout.

Yes, I realize that. However, as I said, the difference is that in order to become the previous user when only URL-based IDs are used, I have to intentionally go back in the browser's history.

But when cookies are used, as soon as I hit the forum's homepage, I become the previous user.

That's an important distinction, IMHO.

mocara wrote on Mon, 05 January 2004 20:04

Surely the timeout can be kept as low as a person is reasonably likely to read the forum without clicking on a link? 2 minutes?

This doesn't work, because people often take more than 2 minutes to write a reply (like this one). I can recall using another board with this timeout set too low, and being frustrated when I hit the submit button, only to be told my session had timed out.
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