> The curse of the Microsoft browsers continues. This time, it's not even a > design issue, it's a functional issue, and it's ruining our user experience. > > Plainly put, a certain subset of IE8 users are unable to log in to our site. > Mind you, this is a signup/login process that has worked, literally for > years. Along comes IE8, and suddenly there has to be a problem. > > It appears that IE8 is not storing our cookies, that track a successful > login. Every other browser works fine. Some group of IE8 users, however, > get our "successful login" screen, but when they click to go to a members > area of the site, they are NOT logged in. > > We've done everything, including the setup of a P3P policy. This should > work, for everyone, but it does not. I'm at my wits end here, and > embarrassed as hell that I can't figure out what this issue is. I can't > even reproduce it here, but I've seen it happen via remote desktop on some > (gracious) member's PCs. > > We've tried telling them to check their security settings, clear cache, > clear cookies, and more. But damn, they shouldn't HAVE to do all this > stuff. Not this many people (and growing). They can accept cookies and > view other sites (presumably), just not ours.
What security zone is your site in, in the affected browsers? Are the cookies the standard CF session tokens (CFID/CFTOKEN or JSESSIONID)? Or are you doing something else? Are you setting the cookies for the same host that the user is visiting? Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:330353 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
