# Cookie for a Thought - How to Manage HTTP Sessions

DevFeed: [Cookie for a Thought - How to Manage HTTP Sessions](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/cookie-for-a-thought-how-to-manage-http-sessions-29701.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/http-session-best-practices/>)

Author: sakshyam.shah@goteleport.com (Sakshyam Shah)

Published: 2022-09-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [HTTP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/http.md>), [Cookies](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cookies.md>), [web applications](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-applications.md>), [Access Control](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/access-control.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [TLS (Transport Layer Security)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tls.md>), [Persistence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/persistence.md>)

Tags: [access-control](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/access-control.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [cookies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cookies.md>), [cryptographic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cryptographic.md>), [generate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generate.md>), [hashing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hashing.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [identifier](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/identifier.md>), [persistence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/persistence.md>), [protection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protection.md>), [random](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/random.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [tls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tls.md>), [token](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/token.md>), [web-applications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-applications.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how HTTP sessions use cookies to persist session state and support identity-based access control. It recommends protecting session IDs against guessing, replay, and theft, including the use of cryptographically secure random values and TLS.

## Source excerpt

Exploring techniques and best practices to manage HTTP sessions.