[Mono-list] Cross-Browser Session Mixing

[Joe Audette]

Sessions are maintained by a keeping a session id in
the session cookie and since cookies are shared
sessions are too. 

Not to say there aren't some approaches that work
without cookies but that is mostly what is used.

Hope that helps,

Joe

--- "David P. Donahue" <ddonahue at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:

> I figured it wasn't a "bug" but just something I
> didn't fully 
> understand.  The reason I attribute it to the server
> side, though, is 
> that it's mostly evident on my site when session
> variables 
> (HttpContext.Current.Session["variableName"]) get
> mixed up between the 
> two browsers.
> 
> Regards,
> David P. Donahue
> ddonahue at ccs.neu.edu
> http://www.cyber0ne.com
> 
> 
> 
> Joe Audette wrote:
> > Seems like more of a feature than a bug to me.
> > 
> > 2 browsers opened by the same user will share the
> same
> > cookies. Always has been that way as far as I
> know. I
> > don't think it has anything to do with .NET or any
> > server side technology.
> > 
> > Joe
> > 
> > --- "David P. Donahue" <ddonahue at ccs.neu.edu>
> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>I've noticed an interesting effect in .NET
> >>development where sessions 
> >>can get mixed if a single computer has two
> browsers
> >>open to the same 
> >>site.  I originally noticed it on CafePress, but
> now
> >>my own site is 
> >>exibiting the same behavior.  I wonder if this is
> >>something people have 
> >>tried to get around before, and what can be done
> >>about it.  It's rare 
> >>that a user will want to use two simultaneous
> >>browsers, but when it 
> >>happens it's certainly unexpected behavior from
> >>their perspective that 
> >>the sessions would mix.  Any ideas?
> >>
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>David P. Donahue
> >>ddonahue at ccs.neu.edu
> >>http://www.cyber0ne.com
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