Reading cookies

[Anonymous Monk]

I have been all over the internet in search of someone who maybe able to help me. I have a set of cookies I need read. I have lost a passowrd and I am hoping that the cookies I have saved contain the important information I need. If you can help me, please post and I will add the cookie information i have.

[Aragorn]

The HTTP::Cookies (and HTTP::Cookies::Netscape and HTTP::Cookies::Microsoft) modules are able to read cookie files. But if the website which issues the cookie has at least some notion of security, they will only store a session number or some such in the cookie, and not a cleartext password.

Arjen

[hmerrill]

Not sure if I understand your question, but I think you're asking how to access the cookies saved on your machine, right?

Assuming that's what you're interested in, and MS Internet Explorer is the browser you used when you received the cookies, here's what the Microsoft Help says:

   - in MS Internet Explorer, choose
        - Tools
          - Internet Options
            - General
              - Temporary Internet Files - Settings
                - View Files

Hopefully you can find the cookies you are interested in there.

If you use a different browser, look around in that browsers "Options" or "Settings" and find the location of the cookies.

HTH.

[Wassercrats]

For Internet Explorer on Windows, I've used IE Cookies View.