My first reaction is one of horror. What on earth could possess you to attempt to violate one of the primary rules of WWW design?!? The "back" button is probably the most clicked button in any browser! Part of the compact that the WWW has with its users is that you can always return to where you came from. If you want your site to be the most popular one in the playground, I would very strenuously urge you to redesign in some fashion. If you MUST simulate some sort of one-way state machine, then don't use HTML/CGI to do so. Write it in Java.

As for your issue, you seem to have given the solution on your own. Just synchronize the server and the lab computer (which should be done anyways) and you'll be just fine. (Of course, that's assuming you've presented the problem in its entirety...)

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In reply to WHAT?!? No "back" button?? I just gotta hear the reason for this one... by dragonchild
in thread Page expiration with unsynchronized clocks by zakzebrowski

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