Sorry, I should have said that they are uniquely identified by the server designation on the url. So if the url is a domain name, it's that, and if the url displays an IP, then it's the IP. Maybe that was clear to you from what I had said, but I wanted to make sure.
-Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:44 AM Subject: Re: COOKIES > 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
