- From: Rodent of Unusual Size <coar@decus.org>
- Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 11:25:44 -0500
- To: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com, Coar@topaz.decus.org
>From the fingers of Koen Holtman flowed the following:
>
>Ari Luotonen:
>>
>>
>>> [Proxy Cookies]
>>> I was wondering if anyone else sees a value in such a
>>> construct and if it should be pursued further.
>>
>>We get a lot of requests for such a feature, and would be eager to
>>support it.
>
>I think that most of the applications you have in mind can also be
>implemented by using the IP address of the client as a persistent client
>identifier. So a lack of proxy cookies may not be what is blocking these
>applications. Or am I missing something?
This only works if the ratio of client to IP address is 1:1. That's
probably fine for PC clients, but not a server system. For a system
with multiple clients (say, using X to get the browser display back
to their desktops), this wouldn't do it - there'd be no way to tell
the clients apart.
Also, this makes no provision for limiting the persistence of the
identifier. What if it specifically *should* be limited to the
lifetime of the browser session?
#ken :-)}
Received on Sunday, 16 February 1997 08:38:10 UTC