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# Cookie separation in modern browsers

Posted: Oct 31, 2006, under Standards, DHTML. Add a comment!

A short analysis of how modern browsers separate session cookies between their different instances.

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  1. Posted by ftudor, on November 10, 2006, 13:01.

    In IE6 a new process is created ONLY if you manually start a new program instance,
    and not when opening a new window from File->New->Window (Ctrl+N). In this case, a single process exist and the cookies are shared.

  2. Posted by Skippy, on November 12, 2006, 14:25.

    Thanks, I've added a note.

  3. Posted by Andu, on December 2, 2006, 02:22.

    I did a quick test, same user, same profile. Safari, Omniweb and iCab share the cookies across different browser windows.

  4. Posted by Skippy, on December 2, 2006, 22:06.

    Thanks, Andu.