[BRLTTY] OT: lynx and cookies

[Sébastien Hinderer]

Hi,

Dave Mielke (2008/05/07 11:40 -0400):
> In lynx.cfg the convention is to show, via a comment, the default value. If 
> it's "off" then you can't change it via the options page.

Understood, thanks.

> So my guess is that you can probably solve the problem by enabling the setting 
> and then changing it locally for yourself.

That worked, indeed. Thanks!

> There's still the question, though, of why lynx thinks the cookies
> are invalid whereas other browsers don't.

When looking for Linux on google.fr, Google sends the two following
cookies in its reply:

Set-Cookie: PREF=ID=2d60fd05ac64fe72:TM=1210232535:LM=1210232535:S=dJhRGb-xp7pSLB6e; expires=Sat, 08-May-2010 07:42:15 GMT; path=/; domain=.google.fr
Set-Cookie: SS=Q0=bGludXg; path=/search

As far as I understand it, the first one is invalid because its path
attribute is not a prefix of the requested URL path, which is /search.
In other words, I believe this cookie violates the first condition
stated in Section 4.3.2 of RFC 2109.

Sébastien.