[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 21574] New: Cookie handling with Uppercase hostnames

Mon Oct 13 12:18:47 PDT 2008

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21574

           Summary: Cookie handling with Uppercase hostnames
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Macintosh
               URL: http://www.Yahoo.com
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.5
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Major
          Priority: P2
         Component: New Bugs
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: david at invodo.com

When following a link that references an uppercase url no cookies are set.  As
an example load www.yahoo.com and notice the cookies that are set.  Now create
a small html page that has a link to http://www.Yahoo.com and notice that no
cookies are set.

This is a pretty big problem because a site will assume that the cookie was set
correctly and probably depends on it somewhat.

This can be seen in multiple sites.  I also noticed that when you type a url it
is automatically lowercased, but when you following the links they are not
lowercased.

<html>
<head>
<title>Cookie handling with Uppercase hostnames</title>
</head>
<body>
<a href="http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo with all lowercase</a><br/>
<a href="http://www.Yahoo.com">Yahoo with a capital Y</a>
</body>
</html>

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