[Javascript] Can I Give Myself a Cookie ?

Hassan Schroeder hassan at webtuitive.com
Tue Apr 22 16:18:15 CDT 2003


T. Bradley Dean wrote:

> Cookies are designed to be viewed only by the site that wrote them. 

Absolutely, and in the interests of precision, it's probably good
to also add that sites *don't view cookies* -- your browser *sends*
any cookies in its cookie store that match the URL it's retrieving.

No "site" can read anything off your system unless you've installed
some un-sand-boxed software yourself that allows that site to bypass
normal browser security.

Barring browser or plugin bugs, of course :-)

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