> Hi all,
>
> For reasons I would rather not go into, I sometimes need to get the
> value of the forms authentication cookie and use it later when
> submitting another request to the server.
>
> mostly this works fine but sometimes it seems that the server decides
> to change the forms authentication cookie (in contrast to the session
> cookie which stays the same the whole time the session is in
> existence).
>
> note that this is not happening because the authentication timeout has
> expired. I am still logged on as the same user and have the same
> session; it's just that the cookie value has changed.
>
> Can anyone explain why and how this happens, and if there is any way I
> can control (or disable) this behaviour?
>
> TIA
>
> Andy
>

wrote in message news:628051632575660210169952@news.microsoft.com...
> Hello Andy,
>
> FormsAuth issues a new cookie after timeout/2. That's the behaviour when
> you have sliding expiration enabled.
>
> ---------------------------------------
> Dominick Baier - DevelopMentor
> http://www.leastprivilege.com
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> For reasons I would rather not go into, I sometimes need to get the
>> value of the forms authentication cookie and use it later when
>> submitting another request to the server.
>>
>> mostly this works fine but sometimes it seems that the server decides
>> to change the forms authentication cookie (in contrast to the session
>> cookie which stays the same the whole time the session is in
>> existence).
>>
>> note that this is not happening because the authentication timeout has
>> expired. I am still logged on as the same user and have the same
>> session; it's just that the cookie value has changed.
>>
>> Can anyone explain why and how this happens, and if there is any way I
>> can control (or disable) this behaviour?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Andy
>>
>
>
>