[Zope] login methods

alex@quad.com.ar alex@quad.com.ar
Sun, 11 Nov 2001 12:02:04 -0300


----- Original Message -----
From: <miah34@msn.com>


> So, finally, my questions:
>
> 1.  Is there a way to do authentication without the use of cookies
> and without url rewriting?

not that I know of.. (except for basic http auth)

> 2.  How does Zope.org authenticate it's users?  I've noticed that I
> can log in as more than one user at the same time from a single
> computer.  I don't see a URL rewrite and I didn't think cookie
> authentication allowed you to do that.

Zope.org uses cookies that expires inmediatly (usually called session
cookies). That's why you're not being logged-in when opening a new browser
since the cookie is not available for that instance of the browser.