The number in cookie filenames... anyone?

englishgit · 2007-11-26T16:10:36Z

I'm currently trying to figure out how useful cookies are for a specific case, and I've tried to find out info on cookies. I have been able to find out pretty much everything I need to know, with the exception of the number in square brackets in a cookie filename. as an example, username@domain[1].txt. What does this number mean? I've tried finding an answer from Microsoft, IETF, W3C and various other places. Does anyone have any ideas?One current theory suggests replicated cookies, but files with numbers [2] and [3] exist without a [1].Another possibility is the use of primary/secondary cookies. e.g. if a cookie is saved onto a client directly from the server being accesed it has a [1], while those that are saved as a result of banners, adverts, etc. will have a [2] or a [3]. Am I way off with this? Does anyone know?

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20/08/2010 10:56 am

OK, now this is a total guess, but I'm convinced that the brackets at the end of the cookie name are used by the website developers to delimit separate sets of instructions. Cookie[1] requests one set of data whereas Cookie[2] requests another. I'm not sure but why else would actual examples contain totally different sets of data within them? A website developer could answer this question very quickly, I presume.

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