This installation of DokuWiki sets three 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