Re: Cookie Question

Ari Luotonen (luotonen@netscape.com)
Sun, 16 Feb 1997 08:36:14 -0800 (PST)


Koen Holtman wrote:
> I think that most of the applications you have in mind can also be
> implemented by using the IP address of the client as a persistent client
> identifier.  So a lack of proxy cookies may not be what is blocking these
> applications.  Or am I missing something?

- multi-user machines, remote logins
- proxy chains (client IP not available to 2nd or later proxy)
- dynamic proxy chains (different routes between proxies; IP rotation
  of proxies)

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