Create a Cookie (Outside of a website) - Teh Forum

<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=38948.0&return_msg=38948.3"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38948.1">1–6</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=38948.3">Create a Cookie (Outside of a website)</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="38948_3_6_10"> <a name="a38948_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_38948_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Rich<span class="message_time">23 Sep 2011 22:06</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Monsoir (PILOTDAN) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 24 Sep 2011 08:18"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 6</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38948.3">38948.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38948.1">38948.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> This sounds like the sort of thing that Group Policy was designed for.<br /> <br /> <div class="quotetext" id="quote"><b>quote: </b></div><div class="quote">I won't bore you with the details</div><br /> <br /> Which is all well and good but not good for getting an answer with any value. <span class="emoticon e_smile" title=":)"><span class="e__">:)</span></span></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=38948.3&return_msg=38948.3" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="38948.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a38948_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_38948_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Monsoir (PILOTDAN)<span class="message_time">24 Sep 2011 09:50</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 24 Sep 2011 17:01"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 6</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38948.4">38948.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38948.2">38948.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Sorry Peter - bit of a rush post yesterday.<br /> <br /> <div class="quotetext" id="quote"><b>quote: </b></div><div class="quote">You can't have a generic cookie - it needs to be linked to a particular domain/ip (even if that's localhost or a network IP).</div><br /> <br /> When I say generic, I meant that the data inside isn't encoded or user specific or anything. It's literally Feature=0.<br /> <br /> <div class="quotetext" id="quote"><b>quote: </b></div><div class="quote">Also, they're browser-specific, so you need to say if you're using IE only or any other browsers that might be involved.</div><br /> <br /> Sorry, yes - we're using IE8 and IE9 on Win 7 and Vista (Well, Server 2008 Terminal Services)</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=38948.4&return_msg=38948.3" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="38948.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a38948_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_38948_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Monsoir (PILOTDAN)<span class="message_time">24 Sep 2011 09:56</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Rich <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 1 Dec 2012 12:47"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 6</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38948.5">38948.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38948.3#a38948_3" target="_self">38948.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <p>Haha, fair point. I don't believe there's anything build into Group Policy (Or even Group Policy Preferences) to do this, but obviously that's how the answer will be deployed.</p> <p> </p> <p>I'll try and give more details without giving away specific info as it's niche and I don't want to be Googled.</p> <p> </p> <p>Basically, the customers users are using <a href="http://www.sitea.com">www.sitea.com</a> but it doesn't seem to play nicely with some of the other technology we use. We've exhausted all other technical avenues and while we've found a few workarounds the only way to make it perform properly is by disabling "Feature A" on the website.</p> <p> </p> <p>This has no effect for the user (They wouldn't even notice), but it's very convoluted and they would need to do it on a regular basis as the cookie doesn't last long. Additionally, their network is set up in such a way that cookies aren't persistent.</p> <p> </p> <p>We have absolutely no influence over <a href="http://www.sitea.com">www.sitea.com</a> and they would just laugh me off the phone. (They're huge, and they will not care!)</p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=38948.5&return_msg=38948.3" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="38948.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a38948_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_38948_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Monsoir (PILOTDAN)<span class="message_time">24 Sep 2011 14:31</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">6 of 6</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38948.6">38948.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Think I've found a way:<br /> <br /> <div class="quotetext" id="code-"><b> code:</b></div><pre class="code"> [DllImport("ieframe.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)] private static extern bool IESetProtectedModeCookie(string url, string name, string data, int flags); public static bool SetWinINETCookieString() { return IESetProtectedModeCookie("http://url.co.uk", "name", "data=blah; expires = Sat,01-Jan-2012 00:00:00 GMT; path=/", 0x10); }</pre><br /> <br /> Slim pickings on Google to say the least, that shit has taken me 2 hours!<br /> <br /> I'm not even convinced it's correct, AND it returns false but it seems to work here on IE9. Just need to test it on IE8.<br /> <br /> The final product which creates cookies in both protected and unprotected mode, regardless of whether the user has visited the site before or not. Tested on IE8 and IE9:<br /> <br /> <div class="quotetext" id="code-"><b> code:</b></div><pre class="code"> class Program   { [DllImport("ieframe.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)] private static extern bool IESetProtectedModeCookie(string url, string name, string data, int flags);   [DllImport("wininet.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)] private static extern bool InternetSetCookie(string url, string name, string data);     static void Main(string[] args) {   IESetProtectedModeCookie("http://url.co.uk", "Name", "data; expires = Sat,01-Jan-2012 00:00:00 GMT; path=/", 0); IESetProtectedModeCookie("http://url.co.uk", "Name", "data; expires = Sat,01-Jan-2012 00:00:00 GMT; path=/", 0x10); InternetSetCookie("http://url.co.uk", "Name", "data; expires = Sat,01-Jan-2012 00:00:00 GMT; path=/");   } }</pre><br /> <br /> Just need to make the date dynamic.<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 24 Sep 2011 16:20 by PILOTDAN</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=38948.6&return_msg=38948.3" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="38948.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>