Managing Cookies

To improve application performance, Good Intranet manages cookies on the server instead of sending them to destination handhelds.

The server stores the cookies intended for handhelds in a local database. No cookies are sent to handhelds. When a handheld sends a request to a web site, the server checks to see if it has a cookie for the site that is associated with the handheld. In this case, the server sends the cookie as part of the handheld's HTTP request.

Server-side cookies can improve application performance, since no over-the-air time is used for transmitting cookies. In addition, server-managed cookies save additional time for handhelds by following all HTTP redirects that include cookies and take care of web logins requiring cookies.

Cookie data is stored in the server's database.

Limitations

• For handhelds, cookies accessed via Javascript are not supported.
• Server-side cookies expire after one hour and this cannot be changed.