[TYPO3-dev] Sessions and the "fe_typo_user" cookie

[Stephen Bungert]

I seem to remember that there is an extension called cookie shy that only 
sets the FE cookie when someone logs in so as to comply with EU cookie laws.

Maybe this is what you want?

http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/cookieshy

Stephen


"Arjen Hoekema" <arjenhoekema at gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:mailman.1.1348122641.24916.typo3-dev at lists.typo3.org...
> Goodmorning list,
>
> I was wondering if it is possible to set the "fe_typo_user" cookie 
> containing the session id only when there is session data that should be 
> persisted.
>
> Right now the cookie is always set and makes it impossible for reverse 
> proxies (like Varnish/Apache mod_cache) to cache the page.
>
> I know there are some extensions (cache_info, moc_varnish) that change the 
> cookie behaviour, but this only works upon login/logout.
>
> A solution could be to trigger the "setSessionCookie" upon actions that 
> actually write something to the session (like "setAndSaveSessionData", 
> "storeSessionData").
>
> Is there someone who has a nice/clean/better solution?
>
> Grtz,
>
> Arjen Hoekema
>
> Btw: I found this thread about the session handling in FLOW3 which 
> describes the same issue/situation: http://forge.typo3.org/issues/26358