Encode login status in session cookie

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Right now it is not possible to distinguish a logged in user from a guest by just looking at the session cookie - if both cases it's just a random string.

Being able to distinguish a guest from a logged in user on the webserver level (or a reverse proxy in front of that) could be quite useful for applying different rules (like rate limits, challenges, etc.) partly based on the login status.

I therefore suggest to add a flag to the session cookie value (for example a prefix...

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