Skip to Content
Security with Go
book

Security with Go

by John Daniel Leon
January 2018
Intermediate to advanced
340 pages
8h 6m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from Security with Go

Setting cookies with an HTTP client

Cookies are an essential component of modern web applications. Cookies are sent back and forth between the client and server as HTTP headers. Cookies are just text key-value pairs that are stored by the browser client. They are used to store persistent data on the client. They can be used to store any text value, but are commonly used to store preferences, tokens, and session information.

Session cookies usually store a token that matches the token the server has. When a user logs in, the server creates a session with an identifying token tied to that user. The server then sends the token back to the user in the form of a cookie. When the client sends the session token in the form of a cookie, the server ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Hands-On Security in DevOps

Hands-On Security in DevOps

Tony Hsiang-Chih Hsu
Microservices Security in Action

Microservices Security in Action

Prabath Siriwardena, Wajjakkara Kankanamge Anthony Nuwan Dias
Securing DevOps

Securing DevOps

Julien Vehent

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781788627917