Re: Settings cookie cross domain

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From	Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Organization	PointedEars Software (PES)
Date	2012-07-16 23:28 +0200
Subject	Re: Settings cookie cross domain
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Willi Langer wrote:

> 1- in a web page, if I include a javascript hosted on a remote server,
> can it set a cookie in my domain?
> 
> i.e.
> WWW.MYSITE.COM
> <script src="http://www.externalsite.com/my.js">….

The proper TLD for examples is `example', not `com', because a `com' domain 
might be used.  See RFC 2606.

> Can it set a cookie having domain mysite.com?

Yes.  Just try it (in many browsers) and you will see.

> 2. can a javascript set a cookie in a domain different of the one who
> hosted it?

Yes, if the other domain belongs to the same sub-level domain.

> Thanks in advance and sorry for my english.

There is also a German-speaking newsgroup on this subject, 
de.comp.lang.javascript, where your questions will be as welcome.  See also 
<http://dcljs.de/>.

PointedEars
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    realism:    HTML 4.01 Strict
    evangelism: XHTML 1.0 Strict
    madness:    XHTML 1.1 as application/xhtml+xml
                                                    -- Bjoern Hoehrmann

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Settings cookie cross domain Willi Langer <willi.langer@gmail.com> - 2012-07-16 16:48 +0200
  Re: Settings cookie cross domain Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-07-16 23:28 +0200

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