OpenEuphoria

Re: Security Issues?

• Posted by "C. K. Lester" <cklester at yahoo.com> Nov 26, 2002
• 429 views

do you ever go to sites that need to keep track of you on their web site?
for instance, password protected pages?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Euman" <euman at bellsouth.net>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Re: Security Issues?


>
> 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>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 2:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Security Issues?
>
>
> :
> : 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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