Web Wiz Support and Community Forums : Numerous Guests https://forums.webwiz.net/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:13:12 +0000 Tue, 08 Jun 2004 15:59:22 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.08 360 https://forums.webwiz.net/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10770 <![CDATA[Web Wiz Support and Community Forums]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://forums.webwiz.net/ <![CDATA[Numerous Guests : For a while, aol was instantiating...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/numerous-guests_topic10770_post59143.html#59143 Author: dpyers
Subject: 10770
Posted: 08 June 2004 at 3:59pm

For a while, aol was instantiating a new session for each request - so if you had a page with 10 images, it would show as 11 sessions. They changed somethings, but they still instantiate more than one session for a page.]]> Tue, 08 Jun 2004 15:59:22 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/numerous-guests_topic10770_post59143.html#59143 <![CDATA[Numerous Guests : AOL also seems to make multiple...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/numerous-guests_topic10770_post59128.html#59128 Author: JohnKn
Subject: 10770
Posted: 08 June 2004 at 1:06pm

AOL also seems to make multiple connections for the same guest/user.I've seen the same user show up 4 times in the "active users" list whenthey connect from AOL. I haven't seen it from any other ISP.]]> Tue, 08 Jun 2004 13:06:58 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/numerous-guests_topic10770_post59128.html#59128 <![CDATA[Numerous Guests : HTTP is a statless protocol so...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/numerous-guests_topic10770_post59096.html#59096 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 10770
Posted: 08 June 2004 at 5:29am

HTTP is a statless protocol so trying to accuretly keep track of users is a bit of a hit and miss affair.

The forum uses IP addresses to keep track of users that are not loggedin, this means that if a spider hits your site, or someone using IPspooofing software they could have mutiple IP addresses, this will thenmean that the guest user is shown multiple times in the active userstable.
]]> Tue, 08 Jun 2004 05:29:50 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/numerous-guests_topic10770_post59096.html#59096 <![CDATA[Numerous Guests : Hi I upgraded my forum from 7.7a...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/numerous-guests_topic10770_post59001.html#59001 Author: Buffer
Subject: 10770
Posted: 07 June 2004 at 7:49am

Hi

I upgraded my forum from 7.7a to 7.8 using the patch all went well... many thanks. But, I had a quick look at the forum today and find that I have 7 guests!! when I look they were all logged in within a few minutes of one another at 06:30hrs this morning (time now is 12:45hrs) and they are all showing zero active time.

Just had another look and now there is only 4! ... what are Guests?

Do you know what is happening?

http://www.adventuredolphin.co.uk/forum/default.asp

Cheers

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