(define (session:make-rand-string len)
  (let loop ((res "")
             (n   1))
    (if (> n len) res
        (loop (string-append res (session:get-rand-char))
              (+ n 1)))))

;; maybe replace above make-rand-string with this someday?
;;
(define (session:generic-make-rand-string len seed-string)
  (let ((num-chars (string-length seed-string)))
    (let loop ((res "")
	       (n   1))
      (let ((char-num (random num-chars)))
	(if (> n len) res
	    (loop (string-append res (substring seed-string char-num (+ char-num 1)))
		  (+ n 1)))))))

;; Rely on crypt egg's default settings being secure enough, accept
;; backwards-compatible OpenSSL crypt passwords too.
;;
(define (s:crypt-passwd pw s)
  (c:crypt pw (or s (c:crypt-gensalt))))

  (s:cgi-out (cons "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n\n"
		   (s:html (s:head 
			    (s:title err)
			    (s:body
			     (s:h1 "ERROR")
			     (s:p err)))))))

;; BUG: The regex implements a rule, but what rule? AH! usaztempe, get rid of this? No, this also looks for &key=value ...
(define (s:validate-uri)
  (let ((uri (get-environment-variable "REQUEST_URI"))
	(qrs (get-environment-variable "QUERY_STRING")))
    (if (not uri)
	(set! uri qrs))
    (if uri
	(string-match