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Re: Security Issues?

• Posted by Euman <euman at bellsouth.net> Nov 26, 2002
• 475 views

I reject Cookies because its a way for sites to monitor where you go
and where you've been.

grab a copy of "ad-aware" run it on your machine and I'll bet you have
atleast one site that has either stuck code in your registry or sent cookies
that they can track your movements with.

Euman

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Craig" <rds at RapidEuphoria.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Re: Security Issues?


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: C.K. Lester writes:
: > For instance, I've gotten the user's ID and password, and now I want to
: > send them to the next page. Or I guess I should just form the HTML with
: > the appropriate content and each link has a parameter indicating a valid
: > user is clicking around... ??? Anybody with some helpful hints and tips,
: > please speak up.
:
: This is where "cookies" can be helpful.
: You output a cookie in the header of the HTML,
: then the user's Web browser will remember
: that cookie for you, and you'll be able to access it
: via an environment variable on any future page
: that the user visits (by default, until he closes his Web browser).
: e.g.
: printf(1, "Set-Cookie:myname=%s\n", {name})
:
: A cookie is just a name-value pair.
:
: It's easier than trying to attach his name or id
: to every link that you provide him.
:
: Search the web for "cgi cookies".
:
: People can potentially fake the value of
: a cookie, so for security you might want to assign a
: special code number rather than using his name
: to identify him.
:
: Also, some people are paranoid about accepting
: cookies, so they have their browser reject them.
:
: Regards,
:    Rob Craig
:    Rapid Deployment Software
:    http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
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