Re: Internet Security for OS2?

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From: Kenneth Porter
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 00:00

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John Brush wrote:
> 
> What you really want to do is make sure you don't get any cookies on
> your machine, and to do that, just delete the existing cookies file
> and create a directory called 'cookies' This will prevent the host
> from putting anything on your machine.
> 
> John

What hazard do you see from cookies? They're just a way for a server to
store state in one line of a file in your browser directory for later
retrieval.

-- 
 Ken
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 mailto:76161.3013@CompuServe.COM
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From: Kenneth Porter <shiva@well.com>
Subject: Re: Internet Security for OS2?
Date: 1997/09/26
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