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Specify the Cookie Domain

The CookieDomain parameter defines the cookie domain of the web sever where you installed the Web Agent, such as netegrity.com. You specify the cookie domain during the Web Agent installation.

You can modify the domain, if necessary. This value is case-sensitive. Note the following when setting this parameter:

• If you set CookieDomain to none, it forces the Web Agent to generate cookies only for the web server hosting the Web Agent. These are server-only cookies. For example, myserver.netegrity.com.
• If you leave CookieDomain blank or set it to double quote marks ("")—in the local configuration file, the Web Agent gets the cookie domain from the HTTP_HOST header then bases the value on the CookieDomainScope parameter.

  When the CookieDomainScope parameter is set to 0, the default, the Agent chooses the most specific cookie domain for the host without making a server-only cookie. This means that the cookie domain myserver.netegrity.com yields a domain of netegrity.com, and myserver.metals.ne.com yields a domain of .metals.ge.com. If the CookieDomainScope parameter is set to 2, the cookie domain would be .netegrity.com and .ne.com respectively.

• If you set the CookieDomain parameter to a specific domain, such as .netegrity.com, that is the domain the Web Agent uses.