What should we use for login? Session or cookies?

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I want to write a login code for e-commerce and university website in asp.net. Which method of login I should prefer. I want to continue login till user closes the browser. In this case I found difficult to manage with sessions. But I also want security.I think we can implement virtual session using db and cookie. Please suggest what is better option.

Posted 31-Oct-14 4:18am

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Updated 31-Oct-14 19:23pm

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kedar001 · Answer 1 · 2014-10-31T19:32:00

Sessions are stored in server memory, and sessions may/maynot use cookies to store something in the browser. Session is basically to identify a user in his security context. The web application uses session to identify whether the user is authenticated.. etc.So use session if you want to store username, login status etc.


Cookies are for client side and be noted that it can be modified by the user. So you should not build an application that uses cookie value for authentication, but at the same time you can use them for themes, user language etc (these are preferencesonly, modifying this will not affect the application secuirty)