Re: Forms based security without cookies?

From: Vladimir Maysuradze (mvv@ewebcoding.com)
Date: 07/24/02 

From: "Vladimir Maysuradze" <mvv@ewebcoding.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 14:03:01 -0400

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http://www.fawcette.com/vsm/2002_08/online/chester/default.asp

"Stephen Barrett" <stephen_barrett@nospam.aoncons.com> wrote in message
news:eSAszryMCHA.2420@tkmsftngp11...
> Is it possible to do forms based security without actually storing cookies
> on the client machine? Forms based security looks like a perfect fit for
> our application except we have hundreds of users who have cookies disabled
> for one reason or another. We authenticate the users using information in
a
> database, but on machines that have cookies disabled, the site doesn't
work.
> We aren't using permanent cookies, just temporary ones with a 20minute
> timeout.
>
> Is there a way to do what forms based security is doing without the
cookie?
> If not, what would you recommend my next step be?
>
> TIA
>
>

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