6 Aug
2002
6 Aug
'02
5:56 p.m.
Chris McDonough writes:
... However, a browser id can last for almost as long as you want. For example, if you use cookies, you could have the sessioning machinery cookie timeout set to 2038 or something, and assuming the user never clears his cookies, and uses the same machine until 2038, he will always have the same browser id. Small note: when I get a cookie with such a lifespan and I do not really trust the site, then it will be the last cookie that I get from this site.
Thus, use lifespans for cookies your users can understand... Dieter