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Maintain Links to Multiple Cookies

Some web applications use more than one cookie simultaneously within the same area of the site. Through a configuration change, the SessionLinker can maintain links from a single CA SiteMinder® session to a number of cookies. A maximum of ten foreign session cookies can be linked to a single CA SiteMinder® session.

To maintain links to multiple cookies

1. Determine the correct configuration string for each of the cookies. Each configuration string requires at least a COOKIE directive, but any of the directives can be combined.
2. Assign an integer from 0 through 9 to each cookie. Append the selected number to the directive name (not value). For example, COOKIE becomes COOKIE1 and COOKIE2. Use any number for each set of directives, but the settings for a single cookie require the same number. These integers can begin with 0 or 1 depending on your preference.
3. Concatenate the separate configuration strings into a single string.

You may use any number for each set of directives, but the settings for a single cookie must be identified by the same number. Many customers, accustomed to numbers beginning at 1 rather than 0 will opt to use 1, 2, and 3 to identify the first, second and third cookies rather than 0, 1, and 2. This is perfectly acceptable and a completely supported configuration.