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Storing session login data (ASP)

Asked by tigermatt in Active Server Pages (ASP), Web Languages/Standards, Active Directory

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I am developing an application which is going to be used both internally and externally within a large organisation. User logins are handled by using a user's Active Directory username and password. However, since it would be silly to store a user's username and password in a cookie and to use this on every page load to verify the user is authenticated, what is the best method of storing (and being able to verify) that a user is indeed authenticated to the application and allowed to use it?

At the moment, I am verifying the username and password of the user against Active Directory when they log in, then using a temporary "session" table in the database to store the user's username as well as a very long, random alphanumeric string. These are then set in two session cookies, and then at every page load, a quick SQL query verifies the two session cookie values are present as a row in the database. A cleanup engine cleans up after the old sessions every hour.

So, my two questions are:
1. Is this the best way to do it, or can you recommend a better, more secure way to do this, bearing in mind that it needs to be feasible?
2. If I am using cookies to store any of my data, would it be best to store the data in session cookies or normal cookies? I'm leaning more towards normal cookies, because session cookies are stored at the server and could potentially be intercepted.Start Free Trial
 
Keywords: Storing session login data (ASP)
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1 Organiation Units
2 Silly Question....
3 Leaning towards Windows Pro x64
4 ASP and Sessions
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