Hi,
How can I read the value of a cookie, when it is not created by a site I owns ?
Thanks for help
how to read cookie's content
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d3ad1ysp0rk
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Hi,
Yes, I agree that there is a security risk to put passwords in cookies... I hope that serious sites won't write password without encryption, and anyway I do not store important passwords on my machine, and everybody should know that.
I just would like if it was possible to check cookies values stored as files on my W2K computer, under my account, without beeing owner of the site which create them.
It is a security risk too, if someone can write on our computer and we can't know what...
Thanks for your time.
Yes, I agree that there is a security risk to put passwords in cookies... I hope that serious sites won't write password without encryption, and anyway I do not store important passwords on my machine, and everybody should know that.
I just would like if it was possible to check cookies values stored as files on my W2K computer, under my account, without beeing owner of the site which create them.
It is a security risk too, if someone can write on our computer and we can't know what...
Thanks for your time.
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Which browser are you using? In Mozilla Firebird there's a handy cookie manager to view all the cookies and the information within them. Other than that, check out what's stored in your Temporary Internet Files directory.
However, you're likely to find most information is either hashed, encrypted or otherwise not very indicative of what information is being stored.
Mac
However, you're likely to find most information is either hashed, encrypted or otherwise not very indicative of what information is being stored.
Mac
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yet from the sound of the original post he was asking how to do so remotely.
you can only do your own user on your computer and it's not a security risk for you to see your cookies (netscape has a file cookies.txt that's a tab seperated spreadsheet that you can look at with notepad)
i took the original post to be OTHER people when viewing HIS site.
a good browser should not allow that
you can only do your own user on your computer and it's not a security risk for you to see your cookies (netscape has a file cookies.txt that's a tab seperated spreadsheet that you can look at with notepad)
i took the original post to be OTHER people when viewing HIS site.
a good browser should not allow that