Im looking for a freware program to convert cookie data values for
ekzample 41I4Is0DOkWA041h of a cookie to
something meaningful like beni@about[2].txt
thank you

On 19 Jan 2004 14:12:09 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) (ben) wrote:

>Im looking for a freware program to convert cookie data values for
>ekzample 41I4Is0DOkWA041h of a cookie to
>something meaningful like beni@about[2].txt
>thank you


That simply isn't possible. It is part of the cookie standard that
cookies only be readable by the website that sends them so they are
hashed using a private key. This is to protect your privacy, otherwise
any site could look at all of your cookies and use them to track you.
Bad enough that there are "tracking cookies" that can be read by any
affiliate of a wesite advertiser. Doubleclick for example.

"ben" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Im looking for a freware program to convert cookie data values for
> ekzample 41I4Is0DOkWA041h of a cookie to
> something meaningful like beni@about[2].txt
> thank you

Karen's Cookie Viewer may be of use to you.

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptcookie.asp

John.

So "Karen's Cookie Viewer" isn't of any value ?

Frank
"monkeyman" wrote ...
On 19 Jan 2004 14:12:09 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) (ben) wrote:

>Im looking for a freware program to convert cookie data values for
>ekzample 41I4Is0DOkWA041h of a cookie to
>something meaningful like beni@about[2].txt
>thank you


That simply isn't possible. It is part of the cookie standard that
cookies only be readable by the website that sends them so they are
hashed using a private key. This is to protect your privacy, otherwise
any site could look at all of your cookies and use them to track you.
Bad enough that there are "tracking cookies" that can be read by any
affiliate of a wesite advertiser. Doubleclick for example.

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 02:21:40 +0100, "Tattala" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>So "Karen's Cookie Viewer" isn't of any value ?
>
>Frank
> "monkeyman" wrote ...
> On 19 Jan 2004 14:12:09 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) (ben) wrote:
>
> >Im looking for a freware program to convert cookie data values for
> >ekzample 41I4Is0DOkWA041h of a cookie to
> >something meaningful like beni@about[2].txt
> >thank you
>
>
> That simply isn't possible. It is part of the cookie standard that
> cookies only be readable by the website that sends them so they are
> hashed using a private key. This is to protect your privacy, otherwise
> any site could look at all of your cookies and use them to track you.
> Bad enough that there are "tracking cookies" that can be read by any
> affiliate of a wesite advertiser. Doubleclick for example.


Sure, Karens' Cookie Viewer is a very useful application that I use
myself, along with other great apps she has written like PTPruner.
However, it doesn't do what the original poster asked: that is,
decode the encrypted HEX contained within the cookie.

May as well do something useful while I am at it. Here is a link to
Karens site for anyone who reads this post and hasn't heard of
Karenware yet:
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/powertools.asp