What is cookies testing

Question

How does cookies testing help in web-site testing? Please explain me the methods used. Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Cookies are small files that are stored on the user's computer after visiting your web page. These need to work properly, hence the testers need to verify few things for the proper working of the cookies. There is a list of few things that require testing, they are as follows:-

• Test a site with disabled cookies
• Test a site with enabled cookies
• Verify the cookie is encrypted before being written to the user's machine
• Check the security aspects when removing the cookies
• If the cookies have a duration of action, then it is tested whether they are active in the specified period of time.