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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman wrote:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Susan Hoover writes:
> > Ah, but do they really match? In
> > <http://www.lugnet.com/admin/general/?n=5939>, you (Todd) wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > "any server in the domain .lugnet.com" is not necessarily the same
> > as "the originating server", which is www.lugnet.com, correct?
>
> Hmm, probably not, but I'm not sure how browsers interpret the "only
> to the originating server" phrase... A browser -could- (and I would
> think should) remember that a ".foo.bar" cookie came from
> "www.foo.bar" if it was going to place restrictions on the
> originating server (which I think is a good thing).
>
> I always thought the selection meant not to send cookies to sites
> that didn't match the URL of the page being loaded (i.e., not
> sending cookies when requesting off-site images for the page being
> viewed) but what you suggest above seems like a good tip. I'll have
> to go read more about cookies before I can be sure. And probably
> some additional real-world testing.
Try this (basic info for users):
<http://help.netscape.com/kb/consumer/19970226-2.html>
and this (info for web developers):
<http://help.netscape.com/kb/corporate/19960513-111.html>
and a spec:
<http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html>
Disclaimer: I've never created a web site that sent cookies. :-)
--
Susan Hoover
Houston, TX
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