Session security with cookies

[Till Elsner <till.elsner () uni-duesseldorf de>]

Hi, i'm investigating in web application security this time and i'm  
trying to find some information about session management with cookies  
and related security issues. Can anyone point me to tips on how to  
make cookie based sessions more secure and how to prevent session  
hijacking? How secure is session handling using cookies and what are  
the main risks? Is anyone aware of good literature on that topic?
Thanks and have a nice day
Till

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