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[WTMHouston]

for those who've speculated I'm no longer here (tongue in cheek, I'm sure), I'm quite mired in bookkeeping, executive duties...and other activities.

Sounds like some interesting, uh, days. So, how did you "account" for that sleeper sofa in the inner executive sanctum? You have been "working" how late?

the next project is to change the software on iHub so that it can run on multiple webservers with no need for a load balancer.

You should know by now that running on multiple servers always requires a load balancer as well as solid hardware up to the task. All the software in the world won't matter if the hardware cannot handle the load. What kind of trojan did you say you found?

I'm going to make it as unobtrusive as possible, using cookies for the bare minimum information necessary (essentially just info that identifies the user...

Unobtrusive is good, but shooting blanks is always safer: it cuts down on the need to look for trojans. Is cookies what they call it these days?

each page call will work the database server a little harder (apparently it's got some free time) but will unload the webserver a little bit, and, more importantly, make it a no-brainer to add webservers as needed...

Apply the 95% gotmilk rule and just call it electronic polygamy. Of course, the "no-brainer" is a dead give away that one of the "servers" is blonde.

I think we all now have a clearer picture of what you have really been mired in. Thanks for the coded update.