Re: HTTP router point-of-view concerns

On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
> In message <CAK3OfOiRTw9CMVw88eW1G95t0hx0ZfGitHw2Co4bV-fN2dnv7g@mail.gmail.com>
> , Nico Williams writes:
>>On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
>>> I have given a concrete example multiple times, it's very simple:
>>
>>So you think all session state should always be stored on the server, period?
>>
>>It's hard to disagree, but I was under the impression that many
>>services need to be stateless (storing session state in encrypted
>>cookies) for various reasons.
>
> In the post-EU-regulation, post-PRISM-world, "various reasons" need
> to be "Very Good Reasons" for this practice to continue.

I'm not sure how any session identifier would survive silly
anti-cookie regulations from the EU.  A session ID is still a cookie.

I don't see how PRISM affects this either.  If anything, keeping
session state on the server... only helps PRISM: more data to chomp
on.

Received on Friday, 19 July 2013 18:06:56 UTC