--- curl-7.17.1/lib/transfer.c	2007-10-22 16:30:18.000000000 +0200
+++ curl-7.17.1.patched/lib/transfer.c	2007-11-19 16:17:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -1047,8 +1047,15 @@
                 k->content_range = TRUE;
             }
 #if !defined(CURL_DISABLE_COOKIES)
-            else if(data->cookies &&
-                    checkprefix("Set-Cookie:", k->p)) {
+            else if(checkprefix("Set-Cookie:", k->p)) {
+
+	      /* According to TR-069 section 3.4.2 cookies must be supported 
+		 in the HTTP digest authentication challange to keep track 
+		 of sessions. */
+	      if (!data->cookies){
+		data->cookies = Curl_cookie_init(conn, NULL, NULL, TRUE);
+	      }
+
               Curl_share_lock(data, CURL_LOCK_DATA_COOKIE,
                               CURL_LOCK_ACCESS_SINGLE);
               Curl_cookie_add(data,