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1What is load balancing
2What is Elastic Load Balancer
3What are health checks?
4What is Classic Load Blancer?
5What is Application Load Balancer
6How to create an application load balancer
7What is Network Load Balancer?
8How to create an NLB?
9What are target groups?
10What is Gateway Load Balancer
11What is Cross-Zone load balancing?
12How cross zone balancing differs for each type of load balancer
13Discuss different listener rules regarding load balancers
14How to attach security groups to load balancers
15What are sticky sessions? How is it implemented?
16What is Server Name Indication in SSL?
17What is connection draining or deregistration delay
18Why do ELBs have static DNS names
19How to get clients IP address when using a load balancer
20Which cookie names are reserved by ALB?
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Which cookie names are reserved by ALB?

The Application Load Balancer reserves cookie names starting with the prefixes 'AWSALB', 'AWSALBAPP', and 'AWSALBTG' for its own use; custom application-based cookies cannot use these names [citation:3][citation:7].

When using sticky sessions on an Application Load Balancer (ALB), the load balancer uses specific cookie names for its own stickiness mechanisms [citation:3][citation:7]:

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    AWSALB: Used by the ALB for duration-based stickiness.

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    AWSALBAPP: Used by the ALB for application-based cookies.

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    AWSALBTG: Reserved for use by the ALB for target group stickiness.

These cookie names are reserved for exclusive use by the AWS load balancer. When implementing your own application-based cookies for stickiness, you must avoid using names that start with these prefixes, as they will be overwritten or ignored by the ALB [citation:7].