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4.7 <tt class="module">Cookie</tt> - HTTP State Management
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The <tt class="module">Cookie</tt> module provides convenient ways for creating,
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parsing, sending and receiving HTTP Cookies, as defined in the
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specification published by Netscape.
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<div class="note"><b class="label">Note:</b>
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Even though there are official IETF RFC's describing HTTP State
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Management Mechanism using cookies, the de facto standard supported
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by most browsers is the original Netscape specification.
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Furthermore, true compliance with IETF standards is actually
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incompatible with many popular browsers, even those that claim to be
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RFC-compliant. Therefore, this module supports the current common
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practice, and is not fully RFC compliant.
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<p class="heading"><b>See Also:</b></p>
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<dt><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://wp.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html"
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>Persistent Client State - HTTP Cookies</a></em>
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<dd>for the original Netscape specification.
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<dt><a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2109.html"
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title="HTTP State Management Mechanism"
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>RFC 2109, <em>HTTP State Management Mechanism</em></a>
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<dd>for the first RFC on Cookies.
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<dt><a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2964.html"
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title="Use of HTTP State Management"
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>RFC 2964, <em>Use of HTTP State Management</em></a>
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<dd>for guidelines on using Cookies.
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<dt><a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2965.html"
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title="HTTP State Management Mechanism"
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>RFC 2965, <em>HTTP State Management Mechanism</em></a>
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<dd>for the latest IETF standard.
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<dt><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/cs.SE/0105018"
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>HTTP Cookies: Standards, Privacy, and Politics</a></em>
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<dd>by David M. Kristol for an
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of the issues surrounding standardization of Cookies.
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