There are a couple of things I need to know about how persistent cookies are used in DNN.

First, when & what core modules set persistent cookies & what is stored in them? According to my reaserch, persistent cookies are set up only when 'Remember Me' is checked, while logging in, and user roles are encrypted & stored in it. Am I wrong or  Is there anything missing?

In that case, if I hide the 'Remember Me' option, can I be sure that no Authentication persistent cookie would be set up on the client.

Second, how do I control their behaviour. I found an element

    <add key="PersistentCookieTimeout" value="0" />
in appSettings section. Say, I want all persistent cookies to expire after 60 minutes. Would setting "60" here do the task (i.e. does this value control Persistent Cookie behaviour)???

Lastly, can in any way I request DNN to reject & reset all persistent cookies for some duration of time (say for the next 30 minutes)???

Thanx, that cleared a lot of air on hoe DNN handles persistent cookies. Its nice to know that session & persistent cookies can be configured separately, & easily.

But, a couple of parts of the original problem are still unanswered.

1) Is Authentication the only component of DNN that sets a persistent cookie. Does any other DNN core or packaged module  sets a persistent cookie on the user browser???

2) Is there any way to request DNN to reject all persistent cookies that have been set before a specified time? If not, how can I hook into DNN's cookie handling procedure, so that I can handle this task myself??