in reply to Cookie Complexities

It should be possible to set the cookie domain to '.xxxxxx.net' - all servers below that domain will be sent that cookie then.
$c = new CGI::Cookie(-name => 'foo', -value => 'bar', -expires => '+3M', -domain => '.xxxxxx.net', -path => '/cgi/foo/bar' -secure => 1 );
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