<reference anchor="RFC6265" target="https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6265" xml:base="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.6265.xml">
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<title>HTTP State Management Mechanism</title>
<author initials="A." surname="Barth" fullname="A. Barth"><organization/></author>
<date year="2011" month="April"/>
<abstract><t>This document defines the HTTP Cookie and Set-Cookie header fields. These header fields can be used by HTTP servers to store state (called cookies) at HTTP user agents, letting the servers maintain a stateful session over the mostly stateless HTTP protocol.  Although cookies have many historical infelicities that degrade their security and privacy, the Cookie and Set-Cookie header fields are widely used on the Internet.  This document obsoletes RFC 2965.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]</t></abstract>
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<seriesInfo name="RFC" value="6265"/>
<seriesInfo name="DOI" value="10.17487/RFC6265"/>
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