A monitoring system 100 comprising a material transport system 104 providing for the transportation of a substantially planar material 102, 107 through the monitoring zone 103 of the monitoring system 100. The methods can be used to create, receive, and transmit secure cookies, confidential cookies, and authentication cookies. Each of the plurality of ports comprises a respective media interface configured to receive data from a respective storage device attached to the respective connector. In at least one particular implementation, such trees may be represented by natural numerals.