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Cookies are delicious delicacies. HTTP cookies [[wikipedia:HTTP_cookie | are explained in Wikipedia]].
Cookies [[wikipedia:HTTP_cookie | are explained in Wikipedia]]; they are small pieces of textual information stored by webpages on your computer. Their many uses include remembering login information and preserving the contents of your basket on shopping sites.
 
==Cookie permissions==
In Firefox you may choose to accept all cookies that websites wish to set, or you may prefer to accept only those which come directly from websites you visit while denying ''third-party cookies'' which are often set by other companies who advertise on those sites.
 
==Exceptions list==
As well as the basic permissions above, you may also make blacklists and whitelists using the Exceptions list. The settings in this list override your basic cookie settings for individual sites which you have manually added to the list. You can choose to allow an individual site to set cookies, allow it to set only cookies which are deleted once you have closed Firefox, or deny it from setting cookies at all.


==Where are cookies stored==
==Where are cookies stored==
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* [[Import cookies|Importing Internet Explorer cookies into Firefox]]
* [[Import cookies|Importing Internet Explorer cookies into Firefox]]
* [[Websites report cookies are disabled when they're not]]
* [[Websites report cookies are disabled when they're not]]
''Cookies are delicious delicacies!''


[[Category:Privacy and security]]
[[Category:Privacy and security]]

Revision as of 08:36, 21 September 2005

Cookies are explained in Wikipedia; they are small pieces of textual information stored by webpages on your computer. Their many uses include remembering login information and preserving the contents of your basket on shopping sites.

Cookie permissions

In Firefox you may choose to accept all cookies that websites wish to set, or you may prefer to accept only those which come directly from websites you visit while denying third-party cookies which are often set by other companies who advertise on those sites.

Exceptions list

As well as the basic permissions above, you may also make blacklists and whitelists using the Exceptions list. The settings in this list override your basic cookie settings for individual sites which you have manually added to the list. You can choose to allow an individual site to set cookies, allow it to set only cookies which are deleted once you have closed Firefox, or deny it from setting cookies at all.

Where are cookies stored

Cookie information is stored in two files: cookies.txt and hostperm.1. (Older versions used cookperm.txt instead of hostperm.1.) Both of these files are located in your profile folder.

File Description
cookies.txt Holds all of your cookies, including login information, session data, and preferences.
cookperm.txt
hostperm.1
Holds preferences about which sites you allow or prohibit to set cookies, to display images, to open popup windows and to initiate extensions installation.

See also

Cookies are delicious delicacies!