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--- faq:cookies [2022-08-26 16:38] – created dawarner
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-====== Frequently Asked Questions ======
+====== Cookies ======
-This page is a collection of questions that occur from time to time.
+The WESTbase Wiki provides you this configured content through the [[doku>DokuWiki]] software.
-:!: New questions are added by the core team only if they really are frequent. Instead see the FAQ entry on [[faq:support|how to get support]].
+:!: A default installation of DokuWiki sets **three cookies**.
-===== General =====
+Only default required cookies and functional cookies are set. No tracking is implemented with these cookies.
-  * [[faq:cookies|What kind of cookies does The WESTbase Wiki use?]]
+Even so, when you first visit the wiki, you'll see a banner asking for your permission to store cookies on your computer.
-  * [[faq:support|How do I get support?]]
+===== 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 ((if "Remember me" was checked when logging in, otherwise: at the end of the browser session))
+===== 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