RFC6265bis: Compare cookie name prefixes case-insensitively #2236
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Some servers are case-insensitive with cookie names which can lead to security problems when a server assumes that cookie prefixes are as well. This changes changes UAs to process prefixes case-insensitively to compensate.
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Aug 29, 2022
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Closes #2231
Some servers are case-insensitive with cookie names which can lead to
security problems when a server assumes that cookie prefixes are too.
This PR instructs UAs to process prefixes case-insensitively to
compensate.