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ak3nat0n
Asked: 2010-02-23 15:48:45 +0800 CST

Creating cookieless application on development machine with asp.net

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I am thinking about setting up a new domain to host static content on my website and have it cookieless just like Stackoverflow with their static domain. So before going ahead and buying the domain and setting it up I wanted to test it on my developement machine first under localhost (I have to mention that i am planning on having IIS running on my new domain for the static files).

I therefore created a new application under IIS and disabled session state and forms authentication. When my main application needs resources like css, images and js , I use the path to the "static" application where they are hosted.

The problem is that when I look at the request and the response for the requested files, they still have the session_id cookie defined as well as the asp.net authentication cookie.

Is it at all possible to accomplish what i am trying to do on a development machine or do i have to just go ahead and purchase the new domain which hopefully with make things right? I tried to read about cookieless domain but can't figure out what i might be missing.

asp.net iis-7 cookieless

3 Answers

  1. To don't use the session state feature, put this in the web.config file:

      <configuration>
    <system.web>
      <sessionState mode="Off" />
    </system.web>
  </configuration>
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  2. On IIS7/Windows 2008 you should disable session state all together for the site. That will disable cookies as well.

    In the IIS Manager, select your site, under ASP.NET select Session State and choose Not Enabled.

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  3. I setup a seperate site in iis with the cname (host: s.mysite.com, css.mysite.com and js.mysite.com)

    In that site's configuration i use the following:

    </system.web>
    <system.webServer>
        <staticContent>
          <clientCache cacheControlMode="UseMaxAge" cacheControlMaxAge="30.00:00:00"></clientCache>
        </staticContent>
        <urlCompression doDynamicCompression="false" />
        <caching enabled="false" enableKernelCache="false">
        </caching>
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>
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