Comment 69 for bug 44062

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In , Jo-hermans (jo-hermans) wrote :

(In reply to comment #68)
> foo.co.uk could set cookies in the .co.uk. domain if wanted, and bar.co.uk.
> could read those, but only a fool developer at foo.co.uk would expect his
> cookies to be safe at that level. then also all of his subdomains would be able
> to read and set cookies. I believe this would solve the problems brought up by
> this issue.
>

This is what this bug is all about. foo.co.uk should NOT be allowed to set cookies in the co.uk domain. Ever.