Re: Cookie Question
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1999
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 22337
interpreted = N
texte = Yes, this is part of the cookie spec. A browser will only send a cookie back to the server it came from. This is for security reasons, obviously. I too have dealt with multiple dns aliases to the same server which caused problems with cookies and also with dynamic fonts, which also only work on the server that they are encoded for. In fact, the fonts even have a domain name case sensitivity bug that makes them fail if the user types Pop-art instead of pop-art for instance. Because of this, I do [showif] contexts based on the header information to show or hide different cookie commands and font files. Because this is a big pain, I have since made it policy to only create one dns entry to the server for any single domain, or just do a redirect for the clients who don't like to type the www.Mike Davis---------- >From: josh@pop-art.com >To: WebDNA-Talk@smithmicro.com >Subject: Cookie Question >Date: Wed, Jan 6, 1999, 12:02 PM >> I am having some trouble with cookies... > > It appears that when we set the host in the [setcookie] command as > www.pop-art.com, cookies will only be set if I enter the site as > www.pop-art.com, but they will not be set if I enter the site as > pop-art.com. Has anyone had any experience with this? Is there are > workaround? > > Thanks, > > Josh > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joshua Blank Pop Art LLC http://pop-art.com > josh@pop-art.com eCommerce / Web Design / Multimedia > > 7000 SW Hampton St. tel: (503) 968.5957 > Suite 124 fax: (503) 620.8487 > Portland, OR 97223-8361 > > >
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Yes, this is part of the cookie spec. A browser will only send a cookie back to the server it came from. This is for security reasons, obviously. I too have dealt with multiple dns aliases to the same server which caused problems with cookies and also with dynamic fonts, which also only work on the server that they are encoded for. In fact, the fonts even have a domain name case sensitivity bug that makes them fail if the user types Pop-art instead of pop-art for instance. Because of this, I do
[showif] contexts based on the header information to show or hide different cookie commands and font files. Because this is a big pain, I have since made it policy to only create one dns entry to the server for any single domain, or just do a redirect for the clients who don't like to type the www.Mike Davis---------- >From: josh@pop-art.com >To: WebDNA-Talk@smithmicro.com >Subject: Cookie Question >Date: Wed, Jan 6, 1999, 12:02 PM >> I am having some trouble with cookies... > > It appears that when we set the host in the [setcookie] command as > www.pop-art.com, cookies will only be set if I enter the site as > www.pop-art.com, but they will not be set if I enter the site as > pop-art.com. Has anyone had any experience with this? Is there are > workaround? > > Thanks, > > Josh > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joshua Blank Pop Art LLC http://pop-art.com > josh@pop-art.com eCommerce / Web Design / Multimedia > > 7000 SW Hampton St. tel: (503) 968.5957 > Suite 124 fax: (503) 620.8487 > Portland, OR 97223-8361 > > >
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