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Type of HTTP cookie
Secure cookie is a type of an HTTP cookie that has the Secure attribute set, which limits the scope of the cookie to "secure" channels. When a cookie has the Secure attribute, the user agent will include the cookie in an HTTP request only if the request is transmitted over a secure channel. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Secure cookieA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: A status update on the development of voluntary do-not-track standardsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A secure cookie schemeCited 14 times
- Go sideways: HTTP cookieA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Session hijackingA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕A status update on the development of voluntary do-not-track standardsUnited States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · 2014
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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