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New FormsAuthentication & Cookie Persistence

Why are there multiple ways to set cookie peristence for ASP.NET Forms authentication? Each of the following related methods [1] allows you affect the cookie expiration period.

FormsAuthenticationTicket Constructor

FormsAuthentication.GetRedirectUrl Method
  

HttpCookie.Expires Property

[1] For example, consider the following sequence of related operations:

Create an authentication ticket (FormsAuthenticationTicket)

Derive a cookie from the ticket (FormsAuthentication.Encrypt)

Get the redirect URL (FormsAuthentication.GetRedirectUrl)

Set the cookie (Response.Cookies.Add(cookie) )

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TrackBack said:

^_^,Pretty Good!
# April 10, 2005 7:22 AM

TrackBack said:

^_~,pretty good!
# April 17, 2005 5:33 AM
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