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Re: COMMENT: Cookie dough (fwd)
At 03:24 PM 7/9/96 -0700, you wrote:
>Benjamin Tomhave wrote:
>>
>> If anybody is interested, and hasn't taken the time to look at their
>> cookie file yet, Netscape gives their rationale/excuse for cookies at
>> http://www.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.htm This URL can be
>> found in your Netscape cookie file. On a related note, I editted my
>> cookie.txt file (under WinNT), clearing all entries, saved, and then made
>> the file read only. So far I have not had any more entries added, which
>> is a nice feeling. I would get a little nervous if the browser were to
>> change attributes on a file to add that sort of information.
>>
>> -ben
>>
>
>It has always been a concern if cookies are really secure.
>
>So I started experimenting with my ``cookies'' file in unix.
>By changing the ``FALSE'' statement to ``TRUE'' I noticed a
>different advertisement pop-up. Interesting. Someone should
>publish the ``ideal cookie'' which contains the type of site
>activity warranting VIP red-carpet treatment, and sell it for
>ecash to people wanting to surf the web in style. :-) On a
>serious note, I'm surprised you didn't get an error message by
>changing your cookie attribute to read-only.
>
>Where does the information go if it's trying to write, then?
>Into a ``hole'' of some sort or simply NUL device?
>
>Gene
>
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