Again, true, but again, to track via cookies, some unique client identifier is needed, which is the SID as well. Having guest SID in any form(in URL or in cookie regardless) won't make sessions table any smaller in case of bots hammering because phpBB will create new session for every new HTTP request.Correct me if I'm wrong but this can be done with cookie alone.
So we come into a cycle in our dissertation
If you have any guest ID, you have new session -> raising sessions table. To get rid of this, you need to make guests sessionless (or assign the same session to all of them).That's just my understanding of the matter.
Statistics: Posted by rxu — Thu Mar 27, 2025 2:20 am