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Website Cookie Testing
Richard BrauchleVice PresidentTestware Associates, Inc.
Testware Associates, Inc.
242 Old New Brunswick Rd., Suite 240, Piscataway, NJ 08854tel: 732-562-0155 email: info@testwareinc.com Web: www.testwareinc.com
 
Testware Associates, Inc. Website Cookie Testing
Contents
 Abstract __________________________________________________________________________1
 
 Stateless, Stateful Systems ___________________________________________________________2
 
The Stateless HTTP ________________________________________________________________2
 
To State or Not To State on the Web ___________________________________________________2
 
 Maintaining State with Cookies_______________________________________________________3
 
 Per-Session Cookies and Cookie Expiration_____________________________________________3
 
Cookie Detective Work ______________________________________________________________3
 
Cookie Usage by Amazon.com ________________________________________________________6 
 
What’s Inside a Cookie?_____________________________________________________________7 
 
 Amazon.com Cookie Analysis ________________________________________________________7 
 
Cookie Testing_____________________________________________________________________9
 
Disabling Cookies________________________________________________________________9
 
Selectively Rejecting Cookies_____________________________________________________10
 
Corrupting Cookies_____________________________________________________________11
 
Cookie Encryption______________________________________________________________12
 
Conclusion ______________________________________________________________________12
 
 About Testware Associates __________________________________________________________12
 
 References_______________________________________________________________________13
 
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Testware Associates, Inc. Website Cookie Testing
Abstract
The protocol used for exchanging files on the Web is stateless, but maintaining state is essential for most websites. To maintain state, one option that Web developers have is to use cookies. This paper  provides a technical background and real-world examples to help you understand how cookies work and how to test systems that employ cookies. The amazon.com website is used as a real-world exampleto demonstrate cookie testing techniques.
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