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> I have spent last hour reading HN, and visited dozens of different websites. None of them needed cookies at all, except HN itself (for user login). > A cooki
by inetknght 7y ago
> I have spent last hour reading HN, and visited dozens of different websites. None of them needed cookies at all, except HN itself (for user login).
> A cookie could store the session id from a load balancer or app server
These two are not mutually exclusive. The exact same cookie used for logging can also be used to store your session id for internal routing.