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Cookie request from MSN.com in this forum? YES!
Master of Reality:
quote:Originally posted by Zombie9920:
Not at all. I keep my browsers' cookie control set at Medium-High at all times. It is low enough to where I can use forums but it is high enough to block the cookies from ad sites, porn popups, etc. It is a well known fact that ad sites use cookies to collect information about you and your interests so they can pop up ads that will interest you(so you will click on the stupid ad). I'm not very worried about hackers seeing my cookies because I have yet to have my system hacked(My firewalls block people everyday and I have *EVERY* port stealthed).
Really, I doubt MS gives a damn what sites you visit. I really doubt that MS reads anyones cookies. They have more important stuff to deal with than to sit around and browse peoples' cookies.
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i like mozilla for handling cookies. I just set it to allow cookies from fuckmicrosoft.com and nowhere else. The only sites that i have been to that make you use cookies is microsoft sites (hotmail). Mozilla 9.9 has better cookie handling than the previous releases. I cant wait for 1.0 to come out!
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these damn win keys (i hit them three times by accident in that post... Wheres that damn epoxy?
[ April 18, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality ]
Slacker:
If a browser is working properly then a cookie shouldnt really ever be a security risk. The way a cookie is set is the server sends the cookie information through http and the browser says... ok this cookie is from this domain and makes a little file for it. Only this domain will beable to see this cookie.. And it will only beable to see the cookie.. nothing else.. the cookie is put in the http request whenever it see's the domain.. nothing else.. The problem is we think that the server peers in on our system.. so we think its a security risk. but thats not what happens. the cookie is sent when requesting the page. And only that server will see it because the browser isnt going to send that cookie to another server. As far as a cookie request from MSN.com that doesnt make any sense unless this forum has a hidden frame with msn.com in it.
[ April 18, 2002: Message edited by: Slacker ]
Calum:
quote:Originally posted by Slacker:
If a browser is working properly then a cookie shouldnt really ever be a security risk. The way a cookie is set is the server sends the cookie information through http and the browser says... ok this cookie is from this domain and makes a little file for it. Only this domain will beable to see this cookie.. And it will only beable to see the cookie.. nothing else.. the cookie is put in the http request whenever it see's the domain.. nothing else.. The problem is we think that the server peers in on our system.. so we think its a security risk. but thats not what happens. the cookie is sent when requesting the page. And only that server will see it because the browser isnt going to send that cookie to another server. As far as a cookie request from MSN.com that doesnt make any sense unless this forum has a hidden frame with msn.com in it.
[ April 18, 2002: Message edited by: Slacker ]
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fine, did you ever notice that every time you log in to hotmail, you pick up a cookie (which it is not compulsory to accept) that doesn't match the server path? why? is it so information other than that for which a cookie is intended can be gathered? what's the theory behind that?
Also, tell us about third party cookies? where do they come in, hmm?
Cookies may not be a security risk in the ideal world, but in an ideal world nobody would go hungry and we'd all be happy. The real world as you know is very different.
Zombie9920:
quote:Originally posted by Master of Reality:
i like mozilla for handling cookies. I just set it to allow cookies from fuckmicrosoft.com and nowhere else. The only sites that i have been to that make you use cookies is microsoft sites (hotmail). Mozilla 9.9 has better cookie handling than the previous releases. I cant wait for 1.0 to come out!
[ April 18, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality ]
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Well, Mozilla RC-1 is available for download. You can get it over at http://www.mozilla.org/releases/
Calum:
you're slipping, X11, where's the map, and the driving directions to his front door?
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