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Updated by: Susan Bramhall 10/3/01
Originally authored by: Andrew Newman
Yale University
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Introduction
The emerging De facto standard conceptualization of an Internet portal typically requires a mechanism that allows users to identify themselves. At the very least, this mechanism allows stored per-user preferences to be retrieved and applied. In addition, the concept of a session with a corresponding lifespan is presumed. For the purposes of a University portal, we must extend this model to embody several additional features.
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