[WebDNA] Cookie issue not the fault of WebDNA or browser ...

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2010


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 105958
interpreted = N
texte = --Boundary-01=_oSL5MP+CJa+Cbn9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I was just reading this: http://lcamtuf.blogspot.com/2010/10/http-cookies-or-how-not- to-design.html ... when I came across this statement: "Every cookie is identified by a name-domain-path tuple, allowing identically named but differently scoped cookies to coexist and apply to the same request." ... and this one: "Session cookies may also be stored and then recovered across auto-updates or software crashes, allowing them to live almost indefinitely." This explains why I've seen what previously appeared to be incorrect behavior of cookies from time to time. I have seen both of these behaviors and could not explain them confidently until now. Sincerely, Kenneth Grome --Boundary-01=_oSL5MP+CJa+Cbn9 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

I was just reading this:

http://lcamtuf.blogspot.com/2010/10/http-cookies-or-how-not-to-design.html

... when I came across this statement:

"Every cookie is identified by a name-domain-path tuple, allowing identically named but differently scoped cookies to coexist and apply to the same request."

... and this one:

"Session cookies may also be stored and then recovered across auto-updates or software crashes, allowing them to live almost indefinitely."

This explains why I've seen what previously appeared to be incorrect behavior of cookies from time to time. I have seen both of these behaviors and could not explain them confidently until now.

Sincerely,

Kenneth Grome

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  1. [WebDNA] Cookie issue not the fault of WebDNA or browser ... (Kenneth Grome 2010)
--Boundary-01=_oSL5MP+CJa+Cbn9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I was just reading this: http://lcamtuf.blogspot.com/2010/10/http-cookies-or-how-not- to-design.html ... when I came across this statement: "Every cookie is identified by a name-domain-path tuple, allowing identically named but differently scoped cookies to coexist and apply to the same request." ... and this one: "Session cookies may also be stored and then recovered across auto-updates or software crashes, allowing them to live almost indefinitely." This explains why I've seen what previously appeared to be incorrect behavior of cookies from time to time. I have seen both of these behaviors and could not explain them confidently until now. Sincerely, Kenneth Grome --Boundary-01=_oSL5MP+CJa+Cbn9 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

I was just reading this:

http://lcamtuf.blogspot.com/2010/10/http-cookies-or-how-not-to-design.html

... when I came across this statement:

"Every cookie is identified by a name-domain-path tuple, allowing identically named but differently scoped cookies to coexist and apply to the same request."

... and this one:

"Session cookies may also be stored and then recovered across auto-updates or software crashes, allowing them to live almost indefinitely."

This explains why I've seen what previously appeared to be incorrect behavior of cookies from time to time. I have seen both of these behaviors and could not explain them confidently until now.

Sincerely,

Kenneth Grome

--Boundary-01=_oSL5MP+CJa+Cbn9-- Kenneth Grome

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