Apache with HTML Header very large

Hi all,
we have a web application with Apache + Tomcat which makes an
intensive use of cookies. Since cookies are stored in the HEADER
there's one page where cookies reach 20KB.
We've set packetSize to 40KB both in Tomcat and in Apache and it
works.

My question is: Apache will send a 40KB Header for all pages ?? or
only in that page where cookies are used ?

Thanks a lot
Francesco

On Thu, 8 May 2008 02:42:05 -0700 (PDT), Laura
<f.marchioni@pride.it> wrote:

>Hi all,
>we have a web application with Apache + Tomcat which makes an
>intensive use of cookies. Since cookies are stored in the HEADER
>there's one page where cookies reach 20KB.

That's bad practice. Session data shpuldn't be in
cookies. The cookie shouldn't contain much more than
session ID.

>We've set packetSize to 40KB both in Tomcat and in Apache and it
>works.
>
>My question is: Apache will send a 40KB Header for all pages ?? or
>only in that page where cookies are used ?

Apache only sends a cookie when the application tells
it to do so.
The browser sends the cookie with every request (!).

>Thanks a lot
>Francesco
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