Independent Cookies in the same PC for the same site?

[jslmvl]

Hi,

I tested in my PC and found different browsers have independent Cookies for the same site(Please correct me if I am wrong).
My question is what is different browsers having independent Cookies? For example, following are the same browser or not:

Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+NT+5.1)
Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+NT+5.1;+SV1;+.NET+CLR+1.1.4322)
Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+NT+5.1;+SV1;+InfoPath.1

 

[ChrisHirst]

To the server they are different, and yes different browsers have different cookies and sessions

Chris.

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[foxbox]

have a look at this:

http://www.useragentstring.com/pages/useragentstring.php

 

[jslmvl]

Thanks a lot.

I know the following are actually the same IE in the same machine but are set with different names, do you think they have different cookies?

Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+NT+5.1)Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+NT+5.1;+SV1;+.NET+CLR+1.1.4322)Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+NT+5.1;+SV1;+InfoPath.1

 

[foxbox]

why is that important?

 

[ChrisHirst]

do you think they have different cookies?

It's certainly possible, you could only be 100% sure by testing.

For multiple copies of the same browser on one machine it may well depend on how they have been installed.

It's not something I have tested recently.

Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
Woo Hoo! the cobblers kids get new shoes.
People Counting Systems

So long, and thanks for all the fish.