HTTP cookie (also called web cookie, Internet cookie, browser cookie, or simply cookie) is a small block of data created by a web server while a user is...
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Secure cookie is a type of an HTTP cookie that has the Secure attribute set, which limits the scope of the cookie to "secure" channels (where "secure"...
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Session hijacking (redirect from Cookie hijacking)
access to the saved cookies on the victim's computer (see HTTP cookie theft). After successfully stealing appropriate session cookies an adversary might...
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Third-party cookies are HTTP cookies which are used principally for web tracking as part of the web advertising ecosystem. While HTTP cookies are normally...
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against man-in-the-middle attacks such as protocol downgrade attacks and cookie hijacking. It allows web servers to declare that web browsers (or other...
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Session (computer science) (redirect from HTTP sessions: Client vs Server side)
include an HTTP cookie which identifies state, such as a unique session ID, information about the user's preferences or authorization level. HTTP/1.0 was...
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Cookie stuffing is a deceptive tactic in affiliate marketing. In affiliate marketing, individuals (affiliates) are compensated for enticing consumers to...
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Web tracking (section HTTP cookie)
location to stay anonymous on the internet using a VPN connection. A HTTP cookie is code and information embedded onto a user's device by a website when...
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web browsers use HTTP". Archived from the original on October 23, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2018. "Verizon Injecting Perma-Cookies to Track Mobile Customers...
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so they implement states, or server side sessions, using for instance HTTP cookies or hidden variables within web forms. To start an application user session...
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that extensively depend on HTTPS cookies to maintain authenticated user sessions, as servers act based on the HTTP cookie information to reveal sensitive...
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browser, similar to regular HTTP cookies, but with mechanisms in place to prevent the deletion of the data by the user. Zombie cookies could be stored in multiple...
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Local shared object (redirect from Flash cookie)
local shared object (LSO), commonly called a Flash cookie (due to its similarity with an HTTP cookie), is a piece of data that websites that use Adobe...
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layer (TCP). He also suggested that the new protocol should have removed HTTP Cookies, introducing a breaking change. Initially, some members[who?] of the...
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This is a list of Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) response status codes. Status codes are issued by a server in response to a client's request made...
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Mobile web analytics (section HTTP cookies)
sufficiently for this to work.[citation needed] HTTP cookies are commonly used to mark and identify visitors. Cookies are a standard capability for all desktop...
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computing, a magic cookie, or just cookie for short, is a token or short packet of data passed between communicating programs. The cookie is often used to...
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over HTTPS while the rest of the site is loaded over plain HTTP, the user will be vulnerable to attacks and surveillance. Additionally, cookies on a site...
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Scenario: Mallory visits http://vulnerable.example.com/ and checks which SID is returned. For example, the server may respond: Set-Cookie: SID=0D6441FEA4496C2...
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URL Click identifier Common Gateway Interface (CGI) HTTP cookie HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Semantic URLs URI fragment URI normalization URI scheme...
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semantic equivalence only. ETags can be used to track unique users, as HTTP cookies are increasingly being deleted by privacy-aware users. In July 2011,...
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Cross-site request forgery (redirect from Forged cookie)
action. A user who is authenticated by a cookie saved in the user's web browser could unknowingly send an HTTP request to a site that trusts the user and...
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request. The HTTP TRACE response includes all the HTTP headers including authentication data and HTTP cookie contents, which are then available to the script...
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considered a proto-virus, or simply malware instead. It is unrelated to the HTTP cookie. When C.D. Tavares heard the idea at MIT, he decided to automate it....
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Internet privacy (section HTTP cookies)
cookies does not affect Flash cookies. One way to view and control them is with browser extensions or add-ons. Flash cookies are unlike HTTP cookies in...
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biscuit). Cookie or The Cookies may also refer to: Cookie (nickname) Cookie (singer), stage name of British soul singer Janet Ramus Cookie, a ring name of Becky...
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HTTP 403 is an HTTP status code meaning access to the requested resource is forbidden. The server understood the request, but will not fulfill it, if...
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user input. Header injection in HTTP responses can allow for HTTP response splitting, session fixation via the Set-Cookie header, cross-site scripting (XSS)...
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communications, the HTTP 404, 404 not found, 404, 404 error, page not found, or file not found error message is a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) standard response...
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World Wide Web (section Cookie)
the Sprint network in 1996. An HTTP cookie (also called web cookie, Internet cookie, browser cookie, or simply cookie) is a small piece of data sent from...
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