X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~mdw/git/chopwood/blobdiff_plain/40c5485b01a84b8a6b83f0e63576039cb856a36c..3cf8e1b7955599378bff9089cd66f50654c5cb12:/cookies.fhtml diff --git a/cookies.fhtml b/cookies.fhtml index f8862b3..58b725e 100644 --- a/cookies.fhtml +++ b/cookies.fhtml @@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ message whenever you hit the reload button.

If you actually look at the cookie, you find that it looks something like this:

- 1357322139.HFsD16dOh1jjdhXdO%24gkjQ.eBcBNYFhi6sKpGuahfr7yQDzqOJuYZZexJbVug9ultU.mdw + 1357322139.eBcBNYFhi6sKpGuahfr7yQDzqOJuYZZexJbVug9ultU.mdw
-(Did I say something about long and ugly?) It consists of four pieces +(Did I say something about long and ugly?) It consists of three pieces separated by dots ‘.’.
@@ -70,13 +70,6 @@ separated by dots ‘.’. seconds since 1974–01–01 00:00:00 UTC (or what would have been that if UTC had existed back then in its current form). -
Nonce -
This is just a random string. When you change a password, the server -checks that the request includes a copy of this nonce, as a protection -against -cross-site -request forgery attacks. -
Tag
This is a cryptographic check that the other parts of the token haven’t been modfied by an attacker.