Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • What Are Cookies? What Are The Differences Between Them (Session vs. Persistent) ?

    Uploaded by

    wonder2006
    19 views2 pages
    Cookies are strings of data sent from a web server to a browser that allow the server to recall information about the user on subsequent requests. There are two types of cookies: session cookies, which are stored in memory and deleted when the browser closes; and persistent cookies, which are stored on the user's device and expire on a specified date. Cookies can contain different fields like expires, path, and domain to determine when they are deleted, which paths they apply to, and what domain they are used for.

    Original Description:

    cookies

    Original Title

    117925-technote-csc-00

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    Cookies are strings of data sent from a web server to a browser that allow the server to recall information about the user on subsequent requests. There are two types of cookies: session cookies, which are stored in memory and deleted when the browser closes; and persistent cookies, which are stored on the user's device and expire on a specified date. Cookies can contain different fields like expires, path, and domain to determine when they are deleted, which paths they apply to, and what domain they are used for.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as pdf or txt
    19 views2 pages

    What Are Cookies? What Are The Differences Between Them (Session vs. Persistent) ?

    Uploaded by

    wonder2006
    Cookies are strings of data sent from a web server to a browser that allow the server to recall information about the user on subsequent requests. There are two types of cookies: session cookies, which are stored in memory and deleted when the browser closes; and persistent cookies, which are stored on the user's device and expire on a specified date. Cookies can contain different fields like expires, path, and domain to determine when they are deleted, which paths they apply to, and what domain they are used for.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 2

    What are cookies?

    What are the differences


    between them (session vs. persistent)?
    Document ID: 117925
    Contributed by Stephan Fiebrandt, Cisco TAC Engineers.
    Jul 15, 2014

    Contents
    Introduction
    Background Information
    There are 2 different types of cookies: Session cookies and persistent cookies

    Introduction
    This document describes what HTTP cookies are and what the difference is between session cookies and
    persistent cookies.

    Background Information
    Cookies are strings of data that a web server sends to the browser. When a browser requests an object from
    the same domain in the future, the browser will send the same string of date back to the origin server.

    The data is sent from the web server in the form of an HTTP header called "SetCookie". The browser sends
    the cookie back to te server in an HTTP header called "Cookie".

    The following is an example of what an HTTP cookie transaction may look like:

    HTTP response from web server:

    [...]
    SetCookie: first.lastname

    HTTP GET from the client:

    [...]
    Cookie: first.lastname

    In the above sample transaction, the web server told the client to create the cookie "first.lastname". The next
    time the client requests an object from this domain it sends the cookie wihin the request. This illustrates how a
    web server may be able to recall certain information such as user logins.

    There are 2 different types of cookies: Session cookies and


    persistent cookies
    If a cookie does not contain an expiration date, it is considered a session cookie. Session cookies are stored in
    memory and never written to disk. When the browers closes the cookie is permanently lost from this point on.
    If the cookie contains an expiration date, it is considered a persistent cookie. On the date specified in the
    expiration, the cookie will be removed from the disk.

    There are several different fields a cookie can contain, seperated by semicolons. Definitions are below:

    expires:

    expires="Wdy, DDMonYYYY HH:MM:SS GMT"

    Determines when the cookie is to be deleted.

    path:

    path=/

    Determines what path to return the cookie on. In this example, the cookie will be sent when going to the root
    path in a domain.

    domain

    domain=whatever.domain.com

    Specifies what domain the cookie is used for. If this does not match the domain currently being browsed to, it
    is considered to be a "3rd Party cookie" and will be rejected by the browser. This prevents one domain setting
    a cookie for a different domain.

    Updated: Jul 15, 2014 Document ID: 117925

    You might also like