Chapter 11. Client Identification and Cookies

Web servers may talk to thousands of different clients simultaneously. These servers often need to keep track of who they are talking to, rather than treating all requests as coming from anonymous clients. This chapter discusses some of the technologies that servers can use to identify who they are talking to.

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