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 1)
  • 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

1)
if “Remember me” was checked when logging in, otherwise: at the end of the browser session
  • cookie/policy
  • Last modified: 4 years ago
  • (external edit)