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--- cookie:policy [2023/01/09 11:56] – created Johan Lundblad
+++ cookie:policy [2023/01/09 12:58] (current) – Johan Lundblad
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+====== Cookies ======
+A default installation of DokuWiki sets **three cookies**.
+As you can see, the default cookies required are functional cookies only. No tracking is implemented with these cookies.
+===== DW<hash> =====
+Used for authentication after login. This holds the necessary data to (re)login a previously authenticated user.
+  * Importance: **necessary** for anyone who needs to log in
+  * Typical content: encrypted username and password
+  * Expires: in a year ((if "Remember me" was checked when logging in, otherwise: at the end of the browser session))
+===== DOKU_PREFS =====
+Used for remembering helpful user preferences, like the size of the editor textarea.
+  * Importance: **functional**
+  * Typical content: name/value pairs in plain text
+  * Expires: in a year
+===== DokuWiki =====
+The standard PHP session identifier. Used to hold temporary data and to avoid CSRF attacks.
+  * Importance: **necessary**
+  * Typical content: random ID
+  * Expires: at the end of the browser session
+Source: [[https://www.dokuwiki.org/faq:cookies|DokuWiki]]