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Asked Questions ] [ HTTP
Cookie Library ]
- What are Cookies?
- Where can I get more
information about Cookies?
- What Browsers Support
Cookies?
Short Answer:
A Cookie (Short for Persistent Client
State HTTP Cookie) is sent through the
headers of server-client interactions. They
contain whatever information is set by the
server. From then on, this information is
transferred by the client to the server
whenever it accesses a directory in the path
and domain it was set from until it expires.
Long Answer:
From Netscape's Persistent
Client State HTTP Cookies:
"Cookies are a general mechanism
which server side connections (such as
CGI scripts) can use to both store and
retrieve information on the client side
of the connection. The addition of a
simple, persistent, client-side state
significantly extends the capabilities of
Web-based client/server
applications."
One thing that cookies cannot do is read
from your hard drive, get your e-mail address
or anything else that a normal CGI cannot do.
Cookies can only contain as much information
about you as you disclose on the site which
sets the cookie.
Short Answer:
Almost all newer browsers support cookies.
The following is a list of a few of them:
Netscape .94 Beta and Up, Microsoft Internet
Explorer, GNNworks v1.2.0, NETCOMplete,
NetManage Chameleon WebSurfer 5.0, OmniWeb
2.0.1 OWF 1.0, and Spyglass Mosaic 2.11 Win32
Spyglass 2.
Long Answer:
Well, this answer is shorter, but the site
contains a lot of information. Digital is
conducting tests, and the results can be seen
at: Form
Test Results for NetscapeCookie. Very
comprehensive.
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