[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> while using HTTP::Cookies, I realized that it behaves differently than most
> browsers do: If a cookie is being written to a "domain" which is actually a
> hostname like in
>
> Set-cookie: name=val; path=/; domain=www.aol.com
>
> all major browsers will accept this pseudo domain and replay the cookie to
> the hostname (like on http://www.aol.com). HTTP::Cookie, however, will store
> the cookie's domain as ".www.aol.com" and therefore *won't* replay it on
> http://www.aol.com.
> Not sure if this is possibly even somewhat against the original cookie spec
> -- but if you want HTTP::Cookie to be compliant with the major browsers, I
> think line 340 in HTTP::Cookies.pm
>
> $domain = ".$domain" unless $domain =~ /^\./;
>
> has to be deleted. What do you think?
This looks like the same issue that was fixed in the 5.60 release:
HTTP::Cookies: Allow a domain like .foo.com match host "foo.com".
Patch by Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
What version are you using?
Regards,
Gisle
