cookie based login process

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 60429
interpreted = N
texte = WebDNA 6.0 Linux Hello, I am probably over analyzing what I am trying to do, so... if anyone has any suggestions, gotcha's etc I would certainly appreciate your input. I want to add a cookie based login to one of my sites - using WebDNA 6.0 on Linux. Just want it to be pretty simple (I think). I expect to use session cookies with the end user option to allow for a 'remember me' function. In the case of a remember me function that any of you might be doing already, do you simply log the user back in (or never log them out) or do you still present them with a login prompt but with their username and password already entered? User enters their username and password, I verify this and set some cookies based on their existing profile information. Now, from page to page, I just check the data in the cookies and hide the login boxes based on them being 'logged in' That seems to be about it I think. Now the tough part, what kind of data do any of you store in cookies, balancing privacy concerns with having enough usable data in said cookies to not have to do a ton of additional searches on each page? In this case we do not store any sort of financial data on the site at all. I do want to keep their name, their member ID and probably location (to be used for certain matching and eventually banner ad targetting). Do end users get uncomfortable when things like their city, state, country are stored in a cookie? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. drt ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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WebDNA 6.0 Linux Hello, I am probably over analyzing what I am trying to do, so... if anyone has any suggestions, gotcha's etc I would certainly appreciate your input. I want to add a cookie based login to one of my sites - using WebDNA 6.0 on Linux. Just want it to be pretty simple (I think). I expect to use session cookies with the end user option to allow for a 'remember me' function. In the case of a remember me function that any of you might be doing already, do you simply log the user back in (or never log them out) or do you still present them with a login prompt but with their username and password already entered? User enters their username and password, I verify this and set some cookies based on their existing profile information. Now, from page to page, I just check the data in the cookies and hide the login boxes based on them being 'logged in' That seems to be about it I think. Now the tough part, what kind of data do any of you store in cookies, balancing privacy concerns with having enough usable data in said cookies to not have to do a ton of additional searches on each page? In this case we do not store any sort of financial data on the site at all. I do want to keep their name, their member ID and probably location (to be used for certain matching and eventually banner ad targetting). Do end users get uncomfortable when things like their city, state, country are stored in a cookie? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. drt ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ "eLists"

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