1997-04-14 - Re: SSL weakness affecting links from pa

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From: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
To: unicorn@schloss.li
Message Hash: 66c01e60fc717ada59b7f1b4a0c2a613a45072a78c06ec93168296b3826e3038
Message ID: <199704141830.LAA13210@slack.lne.com>
Reply To: <Pine.SUN.3.96.970414115216.28199C-100000@polaris.mindport.net>
UTC Datetime: 1997-04-14 18:31:24 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 11:31:24 -0700 (PDT)

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From: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 11:31:24 -0700 (PDT)
To: unicorn@schloss.li
Subject: Re: SSL weakness affecting links from pa
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Black Unicorn writes:
 
> I might add that I would like an option on cookie supression to bypass
> that annoying dialog such to never allow cookies.  It gets a bit much when
> a page askes for 9 cookies in a row and the only way to prevent them is to
> get beeped at repeatedly.  Again, don't confuse the novice, don't slow
> down the expert.

RFC 2109, released a couple months ago, addresses this.  Unless
Doubleclick is successful in getting it changed. :-(

I don't think any browsers yet support the cookie-choice features of 2109
(correct me if I'm wrong).  So in the mean time you can use Cookie Jar
(http://www.lne.com/ericm/cookie_jar/) to filter out cookies and
Referer: tags and ads.



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   Eric Murray  ericm@lne.com         Privacy through technology!
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