FormsAuthentication.CookieDomain Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.Security

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Gets the value of the domain of the forms-authentication cookie.

public:
 static property System::String ^ CookieDomain { System::String ^ get(); };

public static string CookieDomain { get; }

static member CookieDomain : string

Public Shared ReadOnly Property CookieDomain As String

Property Value

String

The Domain of the forms-authentication cookie. The default is an empty string ("").

Examples

The following code example sets the domain attribute in the Web.config file.

<authentication mode="Forms">
  <forms loginUrl="member_login.aspx"
    cookieless="UseCookies"
    domain="contoso.com" />
</authentication>

Remarks

The CookieDomain property value is set in the configuration file for an ASP.NET application by using the domain attribute of the forms configuration element. The CookieDomain property value determines the Domain that the cookie will be used for.

Applies to

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