ways to identify client

[ufjessey]

I am using vb-cgi to develop web ap.
BUT find no good ways to identify clients.
(to identify who is connecting now)

Several ways to do this:
(1)cookie
(2)ip
(3)session variables in ASP
(4)generate an unique key

ways (1)(2) are not good ...
(1)cookie can be disabled in client
(2)client maybe access via proxy

way(4) is not very smart

Only session variables could be good one, but
only be used in ASP.

Who get better idea besides session variables?

Thanks very much.

Hidden Form Fields
Database
?can you use url data in cgi?

Most of the time i use cookies in combination with session var's

Cookies so they don't have to log in all the time.


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[ufjessey]

Cookie is not good when used in shop cart.
If browser disable cookie, user cannot shop.
For security reason, some users don't like cookie.
Is there any way to get user cpu# or disk#?
The bad thing is cgi only runs on server side.
I really don't like to use ASP for session variables.

Let's figure out!