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How to set/detect/read cookies on the client machine
Hello All,
I am trying to set a cookie and detect it on the client machine, but am having issues detecting the cookie. My goal is to send credentials over SSL and go back to HTTP after it's been va...
hoolio
Cirrostratus
CirrostratusHi Trx,
If you want to send a cookie to the client you'd set it in HTTP_RESPONSE. If you want to insert a cookie in the request sent to the pool, you'd do it in HTTP_REQUEST. To determine if the client included a cookie in the request, you'd check in HTTP_REQUEST. JSESSIONID cookies are set by the web app. They could be set as session cookies (no expiration time) or as persistent cookies (with an explicit expiry date). Session cookies are stored in memory while persistent cookies are stored on disk.
You can use a browser plugin like HttpFox for Firefox or Fiddler for IE to view the cookies being received and sent on the client.
Aaron
