Thanks for the help, folks. This is for an article on privacy I was working on, and I found the info I needed. For instance, Netscape's explanation of the protocol left me wondering about whether cookies from acme.com could be requested by competitor.com. I ended up talking to some Netscape engineers, who were as puzzled as I was by where the term "cookie" came from. But I found it in the good ol' Jargon File... -Declan On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, Steve Schear wrote:
At 12:23 PM -0700 8/6/97, Declan McCullagh wrote:
Does anyone have a detailed understanding of how cookies work? I've read Netscape's explanation of the protocol, but I still have some questions.
-Declan
The July issue of Internet World, "Baking Your Own Cookies," contains a good introduction into some of the details.
--Steve