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Are the Session IDs truly unique?

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Question

Are the Session IDs truly unique?

Answer

Whilst in practice, it is unlikely for a Session ID to ever be repeated, the session ID is not guaranteed to be unique.?

However the combination of visitor ID (cookie ID) and session ID is unique.

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Modified date:
08 December 2018

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