Covering a few items in this thread:
Closing your browser does nothing on the server. The server still waits
until timeout to get rid of the session. And, opening a browser creates a
new session. This means you now have two sessions, but you are only
connected to the newest session.
The way this works is through a session cookie, or server cookie. Even users
with normal cookies off can get these. There are some older browsers that
see both types of cookies as the same. And, yes, an industrious user can
refuse server cookies, as well. But it is rare.
When you open the browser, it will not reuse a server cookie, even if the
session has not timed out. This is for security purposes. So, it creates a
new connection and gets a new server cookie (session). If you open and close
the browser 100 times, you have 100 sessions until they time out, but you
cannot get to any for which you have closed the browser.
Another interesting topic. If you open a new browser instance using Control
+ N, both connect to the same session. If you use the menu, you have two
different sessions. Cool, eh?
Remember, the web is stateless, so it has no clue what the user is doing.
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Gregory A. Beamer
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"Mantorok" <sp******@spam.com> wrote in message
news:cb**************************@news.rmplc.co.uk ...
Hi
I've just been told that closing your browser closes your session on the
web-site you are viewing, is this true? If so, is this the browser that
initiates the closure, or the server?
Thanks
Kev
