IP: Non-fat Cookies

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 16:06:42 -0800
> From: "Russell L. Schweickart" <rs () well com>
> Reply-To: rs () well com
> Organization: NRS Communications
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> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> Subject: Non-fat Cookies
>
> Dave:
>
> In Allan Hunt-Badiner's recent msg re cookies and Shockwave he said...
>
>
> > > until now, cookies have been optional (although that is not widely
> > > known) and the norm has been for sites that use them not to block
> > > access to users who don't.  [etc., etc...]
>
> While I fully appreciate his point re "informing" Macromedia of one's
> displeasure re discriminating against cookie disablers, my own <stealth>
> technique for handling cookies might solve the problem.  However I could be
> wrong and would appreciate knowing if I am.
>
> My technique is to enable cookies, but convert my cookies file to read-only
> (right click on the file, go to properties, click on read-only).  During any
> active session, the cookies file ends up as an open file and appears "normal"
> to the website.  However, when you exit the browser the new info placed in
> the temp cookies file during the session, is ignored since the program
> reverts to the original (pre-session) read-only file.
>
> When I *want* to have something in my cookies file, e.g., my NYT account
> poop, I carefully disable the read-only feature, crank up the browser and go
> only to that site, do the logon, etc. and then exit and shut down the
> browser.  Resetting the cookies file to read-only again locks in the new
> account access info just placed there by the desired site.
>
> Seems to work well... been using it for years.  Will it work with
> Shockwave???
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