@misc{rfc2109, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 2109, howpublished = {RFC 2109}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC2109}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2109}, author = {Lou Montulli and David M. Kristol}, title = {{HTTP State Management Mechanism}}, pagetotal = 21, year = 1997, month = feb, abstract = {This document specifies a way to create a stateful session with HTTP requests and responses. It describes two new headers, Cookie and Set- Cookie, which carry state information between participating origin servers and user agents. The method described here differs from Netscape's Cookie proposal, but it can interoperate with HTTP/1.0 user agents that use Netscape's method. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }