Detecting whether or not a visitor to your web site can accept cookies is not difficult. There are, however, a number of issues involved in the process which can cause it to get confusing. This article will explain the problems faced and address them one by one. This will result in a cookie detection script written in ASP that you can use on your own site.

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Date Added: Oct 10, 2006 Hits: 1 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0

cookie is a small file that is stored on a client's computer. That means that whenever a user visits your web site, you can secretly stash a file with information on their hard drive. This file can contain almost any information you want - including user info, site statistics, or even your own name, for those with vanity problems. We can see how this could potentially be an easy target for hackers because of the possibilities it opens up.

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Cookies enable you to write text directly to a users computer*. This can be used to easily recognize if a user has been to your site before or used to prevent multiple entries in to forms. The example below will take any input you type in and write it to a cookie. A hyperlink to the same page is created to demonstrate on subsequent visits (within 3 days) the user will see their input rather then the text input box. To see the cookie on your PC locate your cookie directory (typically located in C:WINDOWSCookies) and find the one named www.codeave.txt. *The ability to write cookies to the PC can be restricted by the user by changing security options

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Today, it's pretty safe to assume that anyone who is using your site can use cookies, since nearly every site that is non-static makes use of them(including all ASP sites that use sessions). This article covers how to set and read cookies.

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Cookies are easy to create and retrieve using ASP.

They can be used to remember things about a user when they come back to your site. Cookies expire after a certain amount of time which you can set. Also, the clients browser must have cookies enabled for them to work.

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There are a wide variety of things you can do with cookies. They are used to store information about user, visited pages, last visits and etc. The main purpose of cookies is to identify users and possibly prepare customized Web pages for them.

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Date Added: Oct 25, 2006 Hits: 2 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0