Advantages of Cookies
Following are the main advantages of using cookies in a web application:
- It's very simple to use and implement.
- Browser takes care of sending the data.
- For multiple sites with cookies, the browser automatically arranges them.
Disadvantages of Cookies
The main disadvantages of cookies are:
- It stores data in simple text format, so it's not secure at all.
- There is a size limit for cookies data (4096 bytes / 4KB).
- The maximum number of cookies allowed is also limited. Most browsers provide limits the number of cookies to 20. If new cookies come, the old ones are discarded. Some browsers support up to 300.
- We need to configure the browser. Cookies will not work on a high security configuration of the browser. [I have explained this in details.]
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