Session Management and Mega-Proxies?

chicagothad asks: "I help to run large internet systems for a few Fortune 500 companies. We are running several clustered systems, comprised of both Microsoft and Linux technologies. We have run into several problems with what is known as a 'mega-proxy'. A mega proxy is a way that large internet providers distribute their outbound traffic via a pool of IPs. AOL/Compuserve is the largest example of this. We are having fits with session management right now. Does anyone have any ideas on the best system structure or design to manage these beasts or any other tips that may be helpful?"

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[Lally Singh]

If you put a time-date stamp of the session key in the URL, then you solve the third problem. If you get a URL where the session has expired, a new one can be created immediately, and the user can be redirected into that session via all the links in the page they get back. That would also fix the copy/paste/post problem.