[3775] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: cookies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edwin Ng)
Wed Dec 11 13:27:18 1996
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 00:29:23 +0800 (GMT+0800)
From: Edwin Ng <durian@cyberweb.com.my>
To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <32ABAA57.6C97@ix.netcom.com>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Hi,
You can turn off accepting cookies under Netscape's options. But you'll
get that annoying dialog box poping up everytime a server wants to send
you a cookie. I hope Netscape's next version will allow for "silent
disallows" for cookies.
Just my 2 cents worth.
On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Diane Ellison wrote:
> QUESTION: Is cookie.txt the only place where cookies have been written
> on my disk? I'm using Netscape. Can I prevent all cookies, or
> am I limited to the display of the warning?
>
> I see cookies as an invasion of my private disk space. Can
> I hear some other opinions please.
>
> Thanks! :)
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Diane E Ellison phone: 602 221 STAR
> Macc Program email: diane.ellison@asu.edu
> College of Business
> Arizona State University
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
Regards.
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