Benefits and limitations of using Cookies

There are the following benefits of using cookies for state management:

• No server resources are required as they are stored in client.
  
• They are light weight and simple to use.

There are the following limitations of using cookies:

• Most browsers place a 4096-byte limit on the size of a cookie, although support for 8192-byte cookies is becoming more common in the new browser and client-device versions available today.
  
• Some users disable their browser or client device's ability to receive cookies,
  thereby limiting the use of cookies.
  
• Cookies can be tampered and thus creating a security hole.
  
• Cookies can expire thus leading to inconsistency.

Sample code of implementing cookies
Request.Cookies.Add(New HttpCookie(“name”, “user1”))