Persistent RESTful state on client without cookies
I’m reading Roy Fielding’s dissertation Architectural Styles and the Design of Network-based Software Architectures, which introduces the REST architectural style.
Why can’t sockets be used to identify individuals instead of cookies?
Another question was asked regarding the use of IP addresses to identify individual clients. I think I understand why an IP address is insufficient. But what about the socket, which has more information and, from what I understand, is stateful? Couldn’t that be potentially used in lieu of a cookie?