About the Cookie Management Attribute

Many web sites use cookies to track and manage user sessions. When the Gateway routes requests to web sites that set cookies in the HTTP header, the Gateway either discards or passes-through those cookies in the following manner:

• Cookies are not rewritten if Enable Cookie Management attribute is not selected in the Gateway service. So, the cookies from the browser might not reach the intranet hosts and vice-versa.

• Gateway rewrites cookies if the Enable Cookie Management attribute is selected. Gateway ensures that the cookies from the browser reach the intended intranet hosts and vice-versa.

This setting does not apply to the cookies used by Portal Server to track Portal Server user sessions. The setting is controlled by the configuration of the URLs to which User Session Cookie is Forwarded URL option.

This setting applies to all web sites that the user is permitted to access (that is, you cannot choose to discard cookies from some sites and retain cookies from others).

Do not remove URLs from the Cookie Domain list, even in a Gateway without cookies. See the Access Manager Administration Guide for information on the Cookie Domain list.