1. Cookies are data files with small pieces of text which are stored under the users' computer by a web browser, they contain the user's settings, shopping cart contents, or other data used by websites. ( Wikipedia, 2009) . It support the security enhancement , due to it stores the name and password of the users, therefore, only that particular cookies can get into the security website, otherwise username and password are necessary to re-key in again.
2. Cookies can be a security risk because it contains user name and password in the text format, therefore, when it was connected to the internet, there would be a chance to expose this kind of information to the third party.
References:
1. Wikipedia, 2009, ' Http Cookies'
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie>
References:
1. Wikipedia, 2009, ' Http Cookies'
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie>
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