(OT) Where Are Cookies Stored?

[Victor Subervi]

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 6:57 PM, r0g <aioe.org at technicalbloke.com> wrote:

> Gabriel Genellina wrote:
> > En Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:30:23 -0300, Victor Subervi
> > <victorsubervi at gmail.com> escribió:
> >
> >> I've googled, found where cookies are supposed to be, the folders and
> >> files
> >> don't exist. I've opened my latest and greatest FF and seen cookies in
> >> there, but when I search for the name of the cookie in the C: dir,
> >> it's not
> >> there...anywhere. I've made sure no folders/files are hidden and I still
> >> can't find them. In as administrator. What up? XP OS I need to get in
> >> so I
> >> can learn how to program with cookies.
> >
> > How the browser stores its cookies should be irrelevant. Whenever a
> > server response contains a Set-Cookie header, the browser saves the
> > cookie. When the client issues a request that matches a saved cookie, it
> > adds a Cookie header with the cookie. From the server POV, you don't
> > care how the cookie is stored.
> >
>
>
> Cookies in FF for Windows are stored in an sqlite database in here...
>
> ~\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\%XYZ%\firefox_profile\
>

Man, I searched C drive (the only drive) on this computer where I'm working
(Internet cafe) for "Application Data" and nuttin.
V
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