Cookies provide an alternative mechanism where information is saved in a special file on the client called cookies or cookies.txt
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Note History, Cache, and Bookmarks are also saved on the client
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Such files can preserve information in a more robust way than hidden fields!
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Cookies are supported by Microsoft and Netscape and can be used (like forms) for purely client-side or client-server activities
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Neither hidden fields or cookies are very secure
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Cookies have five attributes: name, expires, domain, path and secure, which are specified on a single line. Only name is required; all other attributes are optional
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