How does an ASP application maintain session information w..

Hi,

One of our client sites have a server that runs an ASP code running on a
server. The client authenticates himself with the ASP code (with a username
and password). Everytime, the user enters the URL to this server in the
browser, the ASP code is able to detect whether the person has already been
authenticated through the use of some session variable.

My question is how is this implemented?

1. Is it some sort of cookies stored in the browser?
2. Is it some Microsoft method that runs between the web server and the
browser? The web server is IIS and the browser is IE?

Thanks
Sree

"Sree" <Sree.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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 > Hi,
 >
 > One of our client sites have a server that runs an ASP code running on a
 > server. The client authenticates himself with the ASP code (with a
username
 > and password). Everytime, the user enters the URL to this server in the
 > browser, the ASP code is able to detect whether the person has already
been
 > authenticated through the use of some session variable.
 >
 > My question is how is this implemented?
 >
 > 1. Is it some sort of cookies stored in the browser?
 > 2. Is it some Microsoft method that runs between the web server and the
 > browser? The web server is IIS and the browser is IE?

1. It certainly could be.
2. Not likely, since the client must authenticate first with ASP code.

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