Strange Cookie Format

[tohnsm]

Hi.

I have been trying to create a cookie container. But the cookie I have stored is not correct.

Below is the code:

request = CType(WebRequest.Create("....."), httpWebRequest)

request.CookieContainer = New CookieContainer()
myCookie = request.CookieContainer ' store the cookie as global variavble
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'above request is a GET, after which I needed to POST

Dim request1 As HttpWebRequest
request1 = CType(WebRequest.Create("URL here is obtained from the response of the GET request previously"), HttpWebRequest)
request1.CookieContainer = myCookie
request1.Method = "POST"

GET is successful but POST failed. I have used a program to track my packets and realised that the GET and POST requests are treated together as 1 packet.

In addition, the cookie sent over by the POST request contains

Cookie: $Version=1; Aqu=lt=1190340857; $Path=/; $Version=1; JJ=uuid-4ec51e83-bebd-4c94; $Path=/

This is rather weird as when I use normal IE to access the same website and login, the cookie I sent over will not contain "$Path=/; $Version=1".

In addition, for the POST request the response will be 403 forbidden. I suspect my cookies are wrong.

Can anyone advise on how I can remove "$Path=/; $Version=1" from the cookies?

By the way, does anyone know why GET and POST requests are treated as only 1 packet?

Many thanks.

[Plater]

By the way, does anyone know why GET and POST requests are treated as only 1 packet?

How many do you think they should be?
Packet size is dependant generally on the underlying socket and tcp control of the hardware and communication between endpoints. Having a lot of data in one packet just generally means you have a good connection. (in simple terms at elast, way more to it then that)