[thelist] ASP Cookie Setting Question

[John Handelaar]

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> From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of kevin D. white
> Sent: 24 May 2002 17:36
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: Re: [thelist] ASP Cookie Setting Question
>
> Feingold Josh S wrote:
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> > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > Is it possible to host a page on one domain (www.foo.com) and
> that will set
> > a cookie which can be read on another domain (www.bar.com)?  If
> so, how do I
> > do it in ASP?
> >
> > I tried, but could not succeed.
> >
>
> And it's a good thing that it didn't work.  Security holes aside,
> Cookies are supposed to be set and read only from the originating domain.
>
> This has zero to do with ASP.  It's restriction of Cookies.

True.

That said, and purely to demonstrate the mechanism,
mind... I do have something for you which explains
how MSN does it.

<http://www.newmediawhore.com/article.php?story=20010518172000930>

You must use this only for good, never for evil,
etc etc

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