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==Problems==
 
==Problems==
The use of [[Cookies]] on various devices and [[User Agent]]s has be restricted in ever more severe ways. These restrictions have limited the functionality of the [[Authentication Cookie]].
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*The use of [[Cookies]] on various devices and [[User Agent]]s has be restricted in ever more severe ways. These restrictions have limited the functionality of the [[Authentication Cookie]].
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*In particular Apple introduced a restriction on same-site cookies that caused common implementations of [[OAuth 2.0]] to fail. Brock Allen decode that issue on his site<ref>Brock Allen, ''Same-site cookies, ASP.NET Core, and external authentication providers.'' (2019-01-11) https://brockallen.com/2019/01/11/same-site-cookies-asp-net-core-and-external-authentication-providers/</ref>
  
 
==Solution==
 
==Solution==

Revision as of 09:54, 17 March 2019

Full Title or Meme

An Authentication Cookie is a compact collection of data provided to a User Agent by a Web Site to be retrieved later as proof that an Authentication has be successful with this session on this device.

Context

Cookies were introduced to Web Sites to enable a continuity of

Problems

  • The use of Cookies on various devices and User Agents has be restricted in ever more severe ways. These restrictions have limited the functionality of the Authentication Cookie.
  • In particular Apple introduced a restriction on same-site cookies that caused common implementations of OAuth 2.0 to fail. Brock Allen decode that issue on his site[1]

Solution

Reverences

  1. Brock Allen, Same-site cookies, ASP.NET Core, and external authentication providers. (2019-01-11) https://brockallen.com/2019/01/11/same-site-cookies-asp-net-core-and-external-authentication-providers/