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Message from discussion Don't make cookie-stored sessions a default
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 More options Nov 21 2007, 10:11 am
From: DHH <david.heineme...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:11:24 -0800 (PST)
Local: Wed, Nov 21 2007 10:11 am
Subject: Re: Don't make cookie-stored sessions a default
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> > Let's not confuse secrecy with security. Session cookies typically
> > store a user_id and a flash message. We only need to ensure that the
> > user_id is not changed, and hmac-sha1 provides that beautifully. This
> > is not by any stretch insecure.

> Just to be absolutely clear, you can feel comfortable using session
> cookies if you only store a user_id and a flash message in the
> session, right? (Sorry, I'm just getting a bit confused.)

Yes.

 
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