The page Protecting Your Cookies: HttpOnly explains why making HttpOnly cookies is a good idea.
How do I set this property in Ruby on Rails?
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Set the ‘http_only’ option in the hash used to set a cookie
e.g.
cookies['user_name'] = { :value => 'david', :httponly => true }or, in Rails 2:
e.g.
cookies['user_name'] = { :value => 'david', :http_only => true }