RE: IBM websites

It's nice to see them admitting to their own limitations on handling cookies and allowing you to just clear their cookies.

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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Jon Paris
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 11:44 AM
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Subject: Re: IBM websites

That's been a weekly (even daily) event for me for a long time Rob.


Jon Paris

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On Jan 29, 2019, at 10:08 AM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If you try using IBM websites and they totally lose their <excrement> and you start getting messages like:
<IBM>
Bad Request
Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
Size of a request header field exceeds server limit </IBM>

Ensure that all tabs and browsers are off of any IBM sites.
Then try going to just
https://www.ibm.com/support/home/
and with any luck you will get the following

<IBM>
Yikes - we didn't catch all of that.

The system received a request that cannot be understood. This is most likely due to there being too many cookies being transmitted.
Click the buttons below to clear all ibm.com cookies and reload the page.

Clear ibm.com Cookies

Reload
</IBM>

This seems to clear up the browser without having to lose all your cookies and dealing with stuff from your bank like "new device, we'll have to send you a code and enter it and beg and plead and we'll let you continue".

Rob Berendt
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