Web Browsers White Papers
What Is a Cookie?
Overview Cookies are employed when one uses the browser to visit web sites on the Internet. The two main browsers, Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator, both allow the use of cookies. Cookie files allow a web server to store information about the user on his computer, and to retrieve that information to identify the user in the future. A cookie is a tiny piece of text that is placed on the user's hard drive. Its job is to record bits of information such as the pages one has visited, items one has put into an online shopping cart, the user name and password.
| Publisher | SecPoint | File Format | |
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| Date Published | August 2008 | ||
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