index.dat

Can cookies be copied between machines to impersonate a user?

We have an application that among other things, checks the existence of a cookie and reads and decrypts the contents of the cookie. Though the data stored inside the cookie is not sensitive, it has been encrypted via TripleDes encryption. A question was raised today whether the cookie saved on a single PC, could be copied on to another P...

How Can I Delete Temporary Internet Files/Content.IE5/Index.dat?

Without purchasing someone elses software, how can I as a software engineer, delete index.dat? What OS Voodoo hoops do I have to jump through to accomplish the simple deletion of a single file on my own computer? I have windows Vista. ...

How to edit the contents of index.dat windows file

Hi Everybody, I need to be able edit the content of index.dat file programmatically (C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Cookies\index.dat). More precisely I need to modify it in order that index.dat for one user can be used for a different user name. Is there any documentation out there for this kind of binary file? Thanks, Radu ...

Edit and modify index.dat windows file

In order to be able to speed up user logging times for our product we are trying to implement a preloaded user session scheme. In order to be able to migrate browsing preferences from the preloaded user to the real one we need to be able to edit the contents of the C:\Documents and Settings\User1\Cookies folder: cookie files + index.dat....