Re: sessions

* [email protected] ("Jeff Pang") wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 2:06 AM, Lars Haugseth <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Another solution, which is not really what the OP was asking about, but
> > probably fixes his problem, is to ensure that each request from the same
> > client will always be sent to the same webserver (based on a hashing of
> > the client's IP address, for example.)
> 
> But client's IP can be changed from day to day, especially for the
> dialup clients.

Changes from one day to another shouldn't be a problem, as long as it
doesn't change in the middle of a session.

Certain load balancing systems can be configured to direct one client
to the same host on subsequent requests. How that works if the IP changes
on a request to request basis, I can't say.

-- 
Lars Haugseth

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 retract it, but also to deny under oath that I ever said it." -Tom Lehrer