[thelist] cookies

[Damien Cola]

plus the cookies are crypted in the computer browsing, so you can't get the
content just by opening the cookies files in a text editor.
anyone knows of a soft to decrypt a cookies file ?

> cookies are differentiated by domain.  The browser sends the
> cookie with the
> page request when the requested page matches the domain of the
> cookie.  So,
> if the domain evolt.org sets a cookie, then only evolt.org can "read" the
> cookie.
>
> Remember, the computer doing the browsing can always read the
> cookie!  From
> there anything can happen.
>
> there might be some hacks that I don't know of, but generally
> they're ok to
> use.
>
> HTH,
> -joshua
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sarah" <disaster7 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [thelist] cookies
>
>
> > Can anyone read a cookie that was set by someone else?
> >
> > Say I have a JSP site that makes a cookie. Can some
> > other site (not using JSP) read the cookie made by the
> > JSP site?
> >
> >
> > TIA,
> > Sarah
>
>
>
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