Forum Discussion
Jul 03, 2018
The backend web application needs to know if a request comes from an authenticated or non-authenticated user. A lot of web applications are using cookies to differentiate between authenticated and non-authenticated users. After successfull login, the application will set a cookie. When the user presents the cookie to the web application with each request, it will grant access to the password protected part of the website instead of redirecting the user to a login page. But besides cookies there could be other methods used. This information is essential when building the iRule.