Re: Evil Cookies.

[bugtraq () URSINE COM (Michael Bryan)]

On 2/8/00 at 4:24 PM Ari Gordon-Schlosberg wrote:

> [Dylan Griffiths <Dylan_G () BIGFOOT COM>]
> > A better solution would be explicit (ie: finer grained) control of cookies.
> > Not as finely grained as the prompt option of Lynx, but more specific than
> > the current Netscape settings.
>
> Actually, this is implemented in a rudimentary way in IE 5.x, with their
> "zones" of security.  If you're interested, take a look at Mozilla's M13
> milestone release.  It allows fine-grained control of cookiees, with its
> "Never Accept Cookiees" domain/site list.  It also gives the user an
> intuitive interface to actually browse their cookiees.  (Look in the Wallet
> section).

A cool shareware tool called "Cookie Pal" (http://www.kburra.com/cpal.html)
gives you all sorts of excellent control over cookies, and works with several
browsers.  Its biggest downside is that it's for Windows only.  I highly
recommend checking it out if you're looking for better cookie management.


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Michael Bryan
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