A Cookie Hash is a cryptographic signature generated from cookie data to ensure integrity and detect unauthorized modifications, helping protect web applications from session tampering and cookie manipulation attacks.
Key Functions
- Data integrity
- Tampering detection
- Session validation
- Security verification
- Authentication checks
Implementation Methods
- Cryptographic algorithms
- Digital signatures
- Checksum generation
- Value verification
- Integrity checks
Security Uses
- Session protection
- Cookie validation
- Tampering prevention
- Authentication
- Fraud detection
Verification Process
- Hash generation
- Value comparison
- Integrity checking
- Error detection
- Validation rules
Best Practices
- Strong algorithms
- Regular rotation
- Secure storage
- Validation checks
- Error handling
Cookie hashes help maintain security and integrity in web applications.