Comments on: Why use the “secure” option for cookies? http://www.wadewoolwine.com/2008/08/12/why-use-the-secure-option-for-cookies/ Thoughts and discussions on web technologies, security, and innovations. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:44:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1-beta1 hourly 1 By: Praveen Alavilli http://www.wadewoolwine.com/2008/08/12/why-use-the-secure-option-for-cookies/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Praveen Alavilli Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:58:55 +0000 http://www.wadewoolwine.com/?p=17#comment-7 Also with the increased Web2.0 applications hosting/integrating with Gadgets/Widgets from different websites, the other important and useful option to secure cookies (mainly authentication cookies) is to use the "HTTPOnly" option. Here is more info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533046.aspx This option is now supported in all the newer versions of Firefox too. Also with the increased Web2.0 applications hosting/integrating with Gadgets/Widgets from different websites, the other important and useful option to secure cookies (mainly authentication cookies) is to use the “HTTPOnly” option.

Here is more info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533046.aspx

This option is now supported in all the newer versions of Firefox too.

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