[18196] in bugtraq
Re: cache cookies?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Taylor)
Tue Dec 19 21:03:08 2000
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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 01:59:45 -0500
Reply-To: James Taylor <jhtaylor@BIGFOOT.COM>
From: James Taylor <jhtaylor@BIGFOOT.COM>
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
In-Reply-To: <20001216011753.A2400@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>; from
sziszi@PETRA.HOS.U-SZEGED.HU on Sat, Dec 16,
2000 at 01:17:53AM +0100
On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 01:17:53AM +0100, Szilveszter Adam wrote:
<snips excellent content>
>
> I would suggest instead that disk caches normally not be used, because then
> at least these cache items would not be persistent across sessions but
> provide the necessary boost during the session using memory cache. This is
> only a partial solution but if you close the browser often enough (which
> you should do anyway if you visited a sensitive site because of possible
> cross-site scripting problems) then it is not as bad. It is possible with
> Netscape, I do not know if it is under IE or Opera.
One nit to pick. Disk cache is necessary in Netscape for printing.
Stupid, yes. Also a convenience most users want.
-J
