Basic HTML version of Foils prepared 11 March 99

Foil 7 Specification of a cookie - II

From Overview of JavaScript II -- From Cookies to Dynamical HTML CPS616 Technologies of the Information Age -- Spring Semester 99. by Geoffrey C. Fox (Tom Scavo)
Authoring Guide, Using Cookies
1 DOMAIN defaults to domain of server where cookie set and general matching matching is done starting at end of domain
  • DOMAIN=npac.syr.edu matches all servers ending with these characters
2 PATH=/ is most general path and matches all paths but default is again path of document that set cookie.
  • Thus you must set PATH explicitly to / if you want cookie to be valid for a file stored in directory below that of setting document
3 SECURE if present requires a secure communication channel
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