Name

Set-Cookie

Synopsis

                        Set-Cookie: name=value [; 
                        options]

Contains a name/value pair of information to retain for this URL. For browsers supporting Netscape persistent cookies; not included in the HTTP standard. See Section 17.4 for more information. Options are:

expires=date 2n

The cookie becomes invalid after the specified date.

path=pathname

The URL range for which the cookie is valid.

domain=domain_name

The domain name range for which the cookie is valid.

secure

Return the cookie only under a secure connection.

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