Microsoft KB Archive/227502

= Cookie Authentication May Fail with Cookie Enabled Browsers =

Article ID: 227502

Article Last Modified on 9/22/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q227502



SYMPTOMS
When you use a third-party browser, such as Opera, Site Server fails to recognize that the browser can accept cookies and redirects the user to the No Cookies error page.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when a browser sends a user agent string that does not start with "Mozilla" and the user agent string contains "compatible" without "MSIE."



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Site Server 3.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

219292 How to Obtain the Latest Site Server 3.0 Service Pack



STATUS
This problem was first corrected in Site Server 3.0 Service Pack 3.



MORE INFORMATION
All "Mozilla" compatible browsers (not just MSIE anymore) will now be considered cookie-enabled browsers.

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