It's not really the same problem in Perl as in other languages. TECO, for instance, doesn't have a nice set of CGI modules to choose from. Any language/library set will work better with particular methodlogies, and less well with others.

HTTP authentication does not, to my knowledge, facilitate expansion to session data management. This is also the reason for the expiration time. The short duration is simply based on the expected usage patterns. Not using any expiration time would allow the possibility - admittedly remote - of reuse (by regeneration) of the session key. It's simply a means to keep the database 'clean'.

In reply to Re: Re: CGI Session 'security' for in-house app. by mikeB
in thread CGI Session 'security' for in-house app. by mikeB

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