John Plocher wrote:

> Maybe to you, but all of us who have responded seem to disagree. 
> You seem to have made up your mind that the site should go from one 
> extreme (never revalidate) to the other (1 to 4 hours), without any 
> attempt to understand your customer's needs, to characterize their 
> current behaviors, or to identify and work towards a middle ground.

That's an unfounded and incorrect assertion, and isn't helpful, to be 
honest.  I've said that expecting people to have to log in once a day is 
not unreasonable, and I've seen no firm evidence to the contrary.  I've 
accepted that 1-4 hours is probably too short, and that 8 hours is 
probably about right, based on the fact that the sun.com timeouts have 
recently been increased from 30 minutes to 8 hours.  They have real, 
practical experience of this issue, which it why I suggested the 8 hour 
interval.

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Alan Burlison
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