"Octavian Rasnita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/23/2008 12:23:48 PM:

> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >      Try setting the cookie to a more reasonable second count (1 day)
and
> > see if that resolves your issue.  All of the browsers handle extended
> > cookies a bit differently and while one setting may work on IE, the
smae
> > may cause a nocookie on firefox.  I really believe your problem is one
of
> > cookie expiration (or content length) and not one where you have to
mess
> > around setting the domain again (that problem is solved for you -- stop
> > looking for zebras).
>
> But if I do that and a client will close the browser without logging off,

> somebody else could open the browser and the app will recognize him as
the
> owner of the account, so it could be a big security issue.
> That's why I need to have cookies which are not saved and used after the
> browser was closed.
>
> Can I set the expiry date and avoid that security risk?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Octavian

Octavian,  diagnose the issue. See if setting the cookie to a reasonable
second count fixes the issue.  See if it is a expiry issue or something
else.  I am not asking you to redesign your app -- just pinpoint the issue
without assuming it is the domain setting in the cookie.



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