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Storing large data in HTTP Session (Java Application)
I am asking this question in continuation with http-session-or-database-approach.
I am planning to follow this approach.
When user add product to cart, create a Cart Model, add items to cart and ...
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Collecting and sweeping of session-dependent uploads
I develop a Java web application with an upload-feature. The upload is devided into two parts:
During a user-session the user can upload files at any time while navigating through the whole site.
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session persisting problem after system restart
Is there a way to prevent session id restore on startup/restart of user's system?
We are using a asp.net app and I am able to login and access the site. For the first time session id is created and ...
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ASP.NET How much session dependence is too much?
Bit of Background:
I'm currently working on a ReportViewer project for my company. I'm using MVC3 and ReportViewer Control (Microsoft 2010 version). I have the user select their report from a list of ...
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User Authentication & Session Management
One of the fundamental ways of handling user login authentication & session management is by storing variables in Session space plus setting some data in cookies on client computer while sometimes ...
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Controlling cookies with many tabs
I have a peculiar problem. My application has different levels of authentication. One specific level of user (super user) needs to be able to use the application as another user (subordinate user) ...
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Requesting advice with Laravel for a “configurator” app
I got a new project that is developed with Laravel. It is a kind of "configurator" webapp to build a vehicle. When the user arrives on the page, (s)he selects a chassis type, then accessories can be ...
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How to implement session state in a backend web application?
When using a non-MVC service-oriented/Interactor pattern approach to decoupled system architecture, how is session state implemented?
I've been thinking of building the frontend of an application ...
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HTTP Session or Database approach
I am confused a little as what should be my approach, Working on a design of shopping cart and i need to store shopping cart either in session or in database but not sure which approach would be ...
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How to avoid repetitively logging in to web site?
While developing web sites it can be annoying that I have to login to the site.
Every time the session runs out I have to go through a flow like...
Open logon page -> enter username/password -> click ...
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Connecting with OAuth, dealing with logout and browser sessions
I work on a open-source web application (Moodle) which connects to a number of external services such as Google Drive, Dropbox etc. to allow users to exchange files with these services.
Primarily we ...
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User session timeout handling in SaaS apps - discussing several approaches
I know this has a great chance of being marked as duplicate, but couldn't find exactly what I'm looking for
This is a common problem and I'm sure it has some well defined best practice solution
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should F12's request headers show session id as cookie?
I'm trying to educate myself on potential web attacks. I just found a site (which will rename anonymous) where it shows me what looks to be like the php session id inside the cookies section of the ...
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Why can't WARs share session info?
I have seen several developers looking for a solution for this problem: accessing session information from a different WAR (even when inside the same EAR) - here are some samples: Any way to share ...
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Understanding HTTP Cookies in Indy 10 for Delphi XE2
I have been working with Indy 10 HTTP Servers / Clients lately in Delphi XE2, and I need to make sure I'm understanding session management correctly. In the server, I have a "bucket" of sessions, ...
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Are session aware Models a bad thing?
I'm thinking specifically in Rails here, but I suspect this is a wider question.
In a Rails web application I'm using data from the session in models in order that the models know who is logged in. I ...
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Results stored in a session - good idea?
To give a bit of background, lets say it's a generic results page, which is paginated so there are X results per page.
Generally to do this, I have two queries on the page:
to get the total number ...
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What is the most reliable session storage in PHP: Memcache, database or files?
What is the best and most safest way to handle PHP sessions. Is the best way to store sessions in:
Database (more reliable, but high bottleneck, slow speed, not good for high database usage ...
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Is restricting sessions to an absolute IP likely to have a wide impact on mobile networks?
Our website currently restricts a cookie-based session to the IP address that was originally sent the Set-Cookie HTTP header. In the past a user's IP would rarely change, so this didn't present much ...
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What are the best practices to use NHiberante sessions in asp.net (mvc/web api) ?
I have the following setup in my project:
public class WebApiApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
public static ISessionFactory SessionFactory { get; private set; }
public ...
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Why do popular websites store very complicated session-related data in cookies — and what does it all mean?
As web developers, we all learn that sessions help overcome the problems related to the stateless nature of HTTP. We create a unique session id, and send it to the browser -- and when the browser ...
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Alternatives to using cookies?
Whate are alternatives to using cookies/client-side storage for a PHP/MySQL based site on Apache.
Scenario/Requirements:
I want to try using some anti-bot code to prevent specific scrapers etc. ...
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Session size management
From what I know, the session information is usually saved on the server.
In Java the data is handled as a Map which I guess contains the a String identifier and an object reference which points to a ...
