What are persistent cookies?
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Persistent Cookies are stored on a user’s device to help remember information, settings, preferences, or sign-on credentials that a user has previously saved. This helps create a convenient and faster website experience. These cookies have an expiration date issued to it by the webserver.
What is the difference between persistent and non persistent cookies?
While Persistent cookies are permanent cookies. They are stored as a text file in the hard disk of the computer. The non persistent cookies are in-memory cookies which are are added to the memory of browser but not recorded in any file and does not stored on the client’s HD.
What is the difference between session and cookies?
The main difference between a session and a cookie is that session data is stored on the server, whereas cookies store data in the visitor’s browser. Sessions are more secure than cookies as it is stored in server. Cookie can be turned off from browser.
The session cookie is a server-specific cookie that cannot be passed to any machine other than the one that generated the cookie. The session cookie allows the browser to re-identify itself to the single, unique server to which the client had previously authenticated.
What is a persistent session?
Session Persistence (sometimes called sticky sessions) involves directing a user’s requests to one application or backend web server for the duration of a “session.” The session is the time it takes a user to complete a transaction or task that might include multiple requests.
How do you know if a cookie is persistent?
Persistent in Google Chrome:
- Open a website and simultaneously click Ctrl + Shift + I to open the Developer Tools menu.
- On the top menu, navigate to the Application tab.
- Under the Storage menu in the left-hand navigation, expand the Cookies menu, and select the website you’re currently on.
What is persistent session?
Which is more secure cookie or session?
Actually, technically cookies are more secure than sessions are. Since sessions are based on cookies they can only be as secure as cookies are, and almost always less secure than that. However, unless you have a very good implementation, sessions will be safer for you.
Are persistent cookies safe?
Session cookies just live in the browser’s memory and are not stored anywhere, but persistent cookies are stored on the browser’s hard drive. This can cause security and privacy issues depending on the information stored in the cookie and how it is accessed. Do not store sensitive information in persistent cookies.
Normally in ASP.Net the session cookies are set with a 20 minute timeout. That’s usually pretty good. Depending on your app, you may want a javascript timer as well. Otherwise the browser won’t understand when it’s logged out until a page refresh happens and sensitive data can be exposed.
How are sessions created?
Sessions are maintained automatically by a session cookie that is sent to the client when the session is first created. The session cookie contains the session ID, which identifies the client to the browser on each successive interaction. You can also edit the session-properties element in the server.