IST ASSIGNMENT 4

A cookie is a small file saved on your computer by an internet site. It helps with the internet by saving personal information for that website on your pc. The cookie allows website to read this information and allows the uses to get customized web results such as local weather, local news and so forth. Many websites use cookies to help internet users. Cookies can only use the personal information that you put into that website. A cookie does not allow a website to gain access to other personal information on your computer and can therefore not be classified as malicious software. Only the website that created the cookie can read it. A big concern about cookies is security. There are some cookies that are unsatisfactory in that these cookies will gain access to other information not specified by you and invade personal privacy.
As a side note. The cookie monster is a good guy.