Re: interesting question re: cookies / SSL

Doug Monroe (monroe@lucent.com)
Wed, 22 Apr 1998 12:58:01 -0400


JP May wrote:
> 
> Something the libwww list might know! ..
> 
> Does the Netscape browser 'keep' cookies it receiveds from *SSL* servers in a different location than the usual ordinary 'magic Cookie' text file?
> 
> Try it out - get a cookie from a https server and you won't find it in your 'magic Cookie' file.

perhaps you're confusing the SSL issue with cookie expiration?
That is...maybe the cookie issued by the SSL server simply expired?
see:
http://search.netscape.com/assist/security/faqs/cookies.html#how_long
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Doug Monroe
Lucent Technologies, Inc.