To start with, you can create session-based cookies, which automatically expire after the user session is closed, or you can easily set an expiration time for a cookie, which gives more control over session invalidation. You can also use HttpOnly cookies to prevent JavaScript from accessing the cookie information.
However, it's important to note that cookies come with their own flaws. Specifically, as the cookie data is stored on the server and the cookie identifier is stored on the client, they're not entirely stateless like JWTs. This means that the server needs to store and retrieve the cookie data for each request, which would be additional overhead to the authentication process and slow down the application's performance, especially if the number of concurrent users increases.
They're also not ideal for non-browser-based applications, such as mobile and desktop applications. Additionally, cookies can be more vulnerable to certain attacks, such as cross-site scripting (XSS) and cross-site request forgery (CSRF).
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