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False positive: cs/web/broad-cookie-domain for Domain = null or ""

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cs/web/broad-cookie-domain is triggered when creating a System.Web.HttpCookie with `Domain=null`, but should not report. I believe it would also trigger when `Domain=""`, and I believe that would also be a false positive, but I have not tested that.

According to MDN:
> If the server does not specify a `Domain`, the cookies are available on the server _but not on its subdomains_. Therefore, specifying `Domain` is less restrictive than omitting it.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Cookies#domain_attribute

In System.Web.HttpCookie, setting `Domain=null` _ensures_ that the server will omit the cookie (which is _more restrictive_), otherwise it may default to some arbitrary value from the web.config.

**Code samples or links to source code**

Microsoft Reference Source for System.Web.HttpCookie where the `domain=` string is ommitted if `Domain=null` or `Domain=""`:
https://github.com/microsoft/referencesource/blob/51cf7850defa8a17d815b4700b67116e3fa283c2/System.Web/HttpCookie.cs#L460-L463

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Start with the cs/web/broad-cookie-domain query and compare its handling of System.Web.HttpCookie.Domain with the linked Microsoft Reference Source file. Confirm the behavior for Domain=null and Domain="", then ensure those cases are not reported while genuinely broad cookie domains remain covered.

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