Re: How does Perlmonks know who I am?

Sessions

Update: ~~and should I discuss how sessions work?~~

Update 2: Sessions are made for situations like that, the sessions knows a specific browser that is running it, plus every child browser invoked by a Shift+Click. There is no need for a cookie for a session to know the browser, a new browser will log anonymous even if the other is still logged in, because it has a diffrent ID, and doesn't relate to the other session. So, the answer for the question is "Sessions", if the question was "How do sessions work?" then a more elaborate answer is in order. For now, this is all I give, downvote if you feel to.

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Re (2): How does Perlmonks know who I am? by RatArsed (Monk) on Jul 25, 2001 at 15:48 UTC
And what distinguishes one client from another where there are no cookies? I guess it could be done by tracking IP, referrer and User agent... -- RatArsed	[reply]
Re: Re (2): How does Perlmonks know who I am? by merlyn (Sage) on Jul 25, 2001 at 18:41 UTC
No, it can't. At least not reliably. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker	[reply]
Re: Re (2): How does Perlmonks know who I am? by oakbox (Chaplain) on Jul 25, 2001 at 17:06 UTC
I thought you couldn't do this reliably. When I look in %ENV there is a key called UNIQUE_ID which usually has a value like: OVN3hsdpVpAAAGiyLKs But I thought that UNIQUE_ID changed with every request? And IP tracking works right up to the point when you start dealing with AOL users or people with naughty proxy servers. If there is a magical bouncing ball, does anyone know where to find it and track it? I would LOVE to stop fiddling with cookies. update I thought I would mention that you can stick a unique number into the URL line and track the user's identity in the $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'}. But that is visible to the user and just plain yucky looking : ) oakbox "If what I'm saying doesn't make sense, that's because sense cannot be made, it's something that must be sensed"-J.S. Hall	[reply]
Re (4): How does Perlmonks know who I am? by RatArsed (Monk) on Jul 25, 2001 at 17:36 UTC
I checked what headers the server threw at he client to use for tracking, and it seems there aren't any (certainly if you haven't logged in). I was expecting to see an ETag or something... -- RatArsed	[reply]