Re: Session cookies disappear!
From: Mark Schupp (notvalid_at_email.net)
Date: 03/18/05
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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:36:55 -0800
It is not IIS it is IE that is dropping cookies and it is by design.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316112
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--Mark Schupp
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"Adam Short" <adam@phuture-uk.net> wrote in message
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> If this is a random occurrance, you're not alone.
>
> I think I have found the solution though. If the server is a Windows
> server, which I suspect it is, the name of the server must not contain any
> _.
>
> Micorsoft IIS6 randomly drops sessions by design if an underscore _ is
> contained in the server name, some sort of security flaw or something. To
> fix the problem make sure the machine name does not have an _ and make
> sure
> the workgroup it belongs to does not have an _.
>
> I recently experienced this problem on a new server I am renting and
> changed
> the workgroup as stated above and it seems to be stable.
>
> Try it and see
>
> "Nicolae Fieraru" <nospam@please.com> wrote in message
> news:4238fa1d$1@duster.adelaide.on.net...
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I recently discovered that my session cookies on the web host disappear
>> within 30 seconds.
>> I created some very simple asp scripts (it took me a while until I
>> discovered why my shopping cart acts very weird...) to check the session
>> cookies.
>>
>> On one asp page I set up cookies:
>>
>> setcookie.asp
>> <%
>> Session("TransactionID") = 15
>> Session("CustomerID") = 1
>> %>
>>
>> and on
>>
>> readcookie.asp
>> <%
>> response.write "Session(""TransactionID"")=" & Session("TransactionID") &
>> "<br>"
>> response.write "Session(""CustomerID"")=" & Session("CustomerID") &
>> "<br>"
>> %>
>>
>> The same asp pages run on my XP Pro show that the session cookies don't
>> expire as long as I close the browser, while on the remote web server, if
>> I do a refresh on readcookie.asp after 30 seconds, they are gone.
>>
>> I run ASP on the server and all I know is that it is a Plesk server. No
>> idea if it actually a Linux server or a Windows one...
>> Do I have to setup expiry time or something for session cookies?
>> Any information appreciated.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Nicolae
>>
>
>
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