Which of the following should the security engineer recommend?

A web developer has implemented HTML5 optimizations into a legacy web application. One of the modifications the web developer made was the following client side optimization:

localStorage.setItem(“session-cookie”, document.cookie);

Which of the following should the security engineer recommend?
A . SessionStorage should be used so authorized cookies expire after the session ends
B . Cookies should be marked as “secure” and “HttpOnly”
C . Cookies should be scoped to a relevant domain/path
D . Client-side cookies should be replaced by server-side mechanisms

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Answer: C