Posted by bob.chatman@gmail.com on 10/16/06 05:44

All and all it is always going to be a bad idea to send variables in
the header. This is not just in relation to security, but its also
speed of transfer. Nowadays most people that you will deal with have
high bandwidth but if you are dealing with a person with restricted
bandwidth you should keep in mind that sending a string of characters
is always going to be more difficult than sending a single integer
value and letting the server handle the switches and printing.

But again, this is always going to be dependant upon your target
application and user, along with how simple or extendable you want the
application to be.

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