Because cookies are uniquely identified by the domain name. They aren't complicated, and don't look up or store the IP of what that domain name resolves to. And because of that, there's no way for a cookie to know that the content at address X is the same as that at address Y.
It would certainly be possible for browsers to be accommodating and when they hit a domain and do a dns/ip lookup then they could look for a match for either name or address, but they don't have to and as you've seen you obviously can't count on it. -Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Dworman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:35 AM Subject: COOKIES > i need some help understanding cookies. why would internet explorer set a > cookie if i call the page using the ip address instead of the dns name? > you can get to the main screen logging in both ways. however, if you try a > menu item it acts like the cookie isn't there (which is true). > > this only seems to happen when i create new sites in IIS. > > > i'm running windows 2000, iis, cfmx 6.1 > > > tia > > Steven D Dworman > Macromedia Certified Developer > --------------------------------------------------------- > Senior Information Technology Consultant > Systems Administrator > > ComSpec International - http://www.comspecinternational.com > <http://www.comspecinternational.com/> > phone: 248.647.8841 > cell: 248.767.9925 > --------------------------------------------------------- > EMPOWER-XL ***Software for Higher Education*** > http://www.empower-xl.com <http://www.empower-xl.com/> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
