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harshanand

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Where does cookie strored on Asp.net.

Jan 28, 2013 06:14 PM|LINK

When user is authenicated Asp.net creates cookie which contains authentication ticket and that ise sent to browser along with the response.

When user again reuest any other page of the same website, cookie is sent to server along with the request. My question is that where does cookie stored on server when user logs in first time?
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hj

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Re: Where does cookie strored on Asp.net.

Jan 28, 2013 06:25 PM|LINK

depends on the browser that sends the request and the operating system. the cookies are saved in the same place, it doesn't matter if the site is ASP.NET or not. u can google it for exact path, since it's different on each operating system. for example, internet explorer on win 7:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies

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harshanand

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Re: Where does cookie strored on Asp.net.

Jan 28, 2013 06:37 PM|LINK

Thanks for the reply HJ...I am not asking about browser machine..I want to know where does it reside on web server...Probably my understanding might be wrong...I am explaing my question in detail..Coorrect me if I am wrong...

I know that when user is authenticated, Asp.net generate some ticket and stored it in cookie and send to browser. Now during subsequent request cookie is sent by client to browser and server checks that authentication ticket. My question is that how server desides wheather that authentication ticket is valid or not?
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hj

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Re: Where does cookie strored on Asp.net.

Jan 28, 2013 06:44 PM|LINK

that ticket is not stored on server as a cookie. it is stored in a session object(ram memory). cookies are client side only!

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Re: Where does cookie strored on Asp.net.

Jan 28, 2013 07:41 PM|LINK
```
<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms name=".CookieName" loginUrl="LoginPage.aspx" />
</authentication>
```
Whenever request comes, asp.net try get cookie from request (name is static located in web.config form tag (default ".ASPXAUTH"))

Note : Cookie encrypected using machine key.
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- Edited by kiruba.sankars on Jan 28, 2013 07:43 PM
- Edited by kiruba.sankars on Jan 28, 2013 07:43 PM
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Re: Where does cookie strored on Asp.net.

Jan 29, 2013 03:15 AM|LINK

Cookies is always stored in client

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necro_mancer

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Re: Where does cookie strored on Asp.net.

Jan 29, 2013 06:34 AM|LINK

hi there,

cookie is an object that is stored on the client-side only. If you want it to be stored on the server-side, you have to use cookie instead.

For details, please see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/623815/what-is-the-difference-between-a-session-and-a-cookie

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rimagandhi

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Re: Where does cookie strored on Asp.net.

Jan 29, 2013 09:58 AM|LINK

First (step 1), the web client requests a page from the server. Because the client has not visited the server before, it does not have a cookie to submit.

When the web server responds to the request (step 2), the web server includes a cookie in the response; this cookie is written to the user’s browser or file system.

The web client then submits that cookie with each subsequent request for any page on the same site (steps 3 and 4, and any future page views).

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- Marked as answer by Angie xu - MSFT on Feb 05, 2013 04:45 AM