String session_id = null;
DistSession sess = new DistSession();
try
{
// create a cookie that corrsponds to a session value in the svo
sess.initNew();
// sess.initNew(req.getServerName());
session_id = sess.getId();
Cookie c = new Cookie( SESSION_COOKIE_NAME, session_id );
c.setPath( "/" );
c.setMaxAge( -1 );