Thursday 22 December 2011

Cookies in ASP.NET: Usage & security





In one of the previous blog article, we had explained the general purpose and meaning of using cookies in ASP.NET development. To take the discussion further, let us talk here about the technical ways and options of using cookie and their security.

Following are the most common ways for ASP.NET developers to user the cookies:
> By using HttpCookies class
> By storing multiple values in the same cookie
>By using Response directly

Security:
Security has always been a dicy question for all the ASP.NET developers all the times. They can be easily used by Spyware to track the User’s browsing activities. Cookies can be stolen by hackers too, to gain access to a victim’s web account. Even cookies are not software and they cannot be programmed like normal executable apps.

Although, they cannot carry viruses and cannot install malware on the host computer.

At SPEC INDIA, our trained team of ASP.NET developers are eager to make very smart and secure use of cookies, thus to ensure the authentication to the browser sessions. It you have any requirement or queries, feel free to drop an email at our id lead@spec-india.com, we will be happy to assist you.



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