neeraj,
i really appreciate the reply. i am struggling with the 'domain' concept of cookies. when i specified the 'domain' when setting up the cookie, even app1 can't find it. the underlying issue may be that the 'domain' that i see isn't what its really is (as seen by the browser/cookie).
i've tried settting the cookie w/o specifying the domain and tried to read the domain information from the cookie. per the cookie specs, the 'default' domain is set if none is specified. still, i am unable to 'read' what this 'default' domain is using JSTL although i can see the value and object reference.
the domain complication MAY be due to the applications being under Tivoli Access Manager (which does redirect after authentication). if it's at all important, both applications are
struts apps, running under WAS/WSAD Test Environment. thanks for any more thought anyone can give.