Please help me undesrtand Sessions

[mondobongo3]

Please somebody explain to me what each entry means from Admimn -> Configuration -> Sessions, because I have no idea what does each one.

 

Thank you

 

I attached a image with that panel and how is configured now.

[mondobongo3]

Nobody knows what this panel does ?

Ok, let's say it like this:

 

-Session Directory => well, this is simple :D, don't need to be explained

-Force Cookie Use => To store password(and other data) on client's pc ?

-Check SSL Session ID => ??? no clue here

-Check User Agent => I guess this will look for browser/OS ? (why ? -where it uses the information?)

-Check IP Address => It checks the IP of the client? On what purpose?

-Prevent Spider Sessions => EXACTLY what it does? is something about search engine bots?

-Recreate Session => WHAT Session ? what is the impact on the site behaviour ?

 

I'm a very big NOOB in this matters, so please inform me :D

 

Thank you very much.

[BryceJr]

Force Cookie Use

If set to True customers will need to have cookies enabled in their browser to be able to shop.

 

Block Search Engine Spiders/Prevent Spider Sessions

If set to True spiders will be prevented from receiving a session id and starting a session. It is recommended that this setting is set to True.

 

Check SSL Session ID

If set to True the session id is checked on every page which is viewed over SSL. This helps to prevent people hijacking sessions.

 

Check User Agent

If set to True the clients browser user agent will be checked on every page request.

 

Check IP Address

If set to True the clients IP address will be checked on every page request. This setting can cause AOL customers to be unable to use your store.

 

Regenerate Session ID

If set to True the session id will be recreated when the customer tries to checkout or login to their account. This helps prevent two customers from accidentally logging into each others account due to hard coded session id's in the store. (Requires PHP >=4.1)

Source: >>here

[mondobongo3]

Source: >>here

THANKS A LOT !