RE: [PHP] update password cookie
| From: | Chris W. Parker | Date: | Thu, 18 Sep 2003 23:12:12 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] update password cookie | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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John Kaspar <mailto:ljbn@hotmail.com>
on Thursday, September 18, 2003 4:05 PM said:
> Yahoo makes you reenter your password every time you reopen your
> browser. I'll check other sites though. Thanks for the advice.
As it should. You don't want to store password information in a cookie,
that's why yahoo requires you to reenter each time.
The only thing a site should keep in a cookie regarding username and
password is the username. yahoo (as well as many other sites) offer the
option of saving the username in a cookie so that when you get back to
the site your username is automatically filled in. it probably helps
relieve the "i forgot my username" emails.
chris.