HTTP Cookies: Standards, Privacy, and Politics
<|reference_start|>HTTP Cookies: Standards, Privacy, and Politics: How did we get from a world where cookies were something you ate and where "non-techies" were unaware of "Netscape cookies" to a world where cookies are a hot-button privacy issue for many computer users? This paper will describe how HTTP "cookies" work, and how Netscape's original specification evolved into an IETF Proposed Standard. I will also offer a personal perspective on how what began as a straightforward technical specification turned into a political flashpoint when it tried to address non-technical issues such as privacy.<|reference_end|>
@article{kristol2001http,
    title={HTTP Cookies: Standards, Privacy, and Politics},
    author={David M. Kristol},
    journal={ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, Vol. 1, #2, November 2001},
    year={2001},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={cs/0105018},
    primaryClass={cs.SE cs.CY}
}