NODE 4f60a652Netscrape's Cookies
"Deranged Mutant" <WlkngOwl@UNiX.asb.com>Tue, 13 Feb 96 13:19:02 PST
Ready the article about the COOKIE.TXT file that Netscape creates.
Apparently my copy has yet to modify it since it was installed... so
much for 'hacking' it (I decided to try and leave it write-protected
for now).
I'm curious if anyone knows which sites use/modify it.
Also wondering why Netscape seems to touch/modify the certification
key files every time it runs.
Rob.
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NODE 282b3561Re: Netscrape's Cookies
Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>Thu, 15 Feb 1996 22:53:12 +0800
Defanged Fruit-ant wrote: (Hey, he called us Netscrape :-) )
>
> Ready the article about the COOKIE.TXT file that Netscape creates.
> Apparently my copy has yet to modify it since it was installed... so
> much for 'hacking' it (I decided to try and leave it write-protected
> for now).
>
> I'm curious if anyone knows which sites use/modify it.
Sites that use the Netscape Merchant system for online malls use cookies
for keeping track of your "shopping basket". I don't think they use
persistent cookies, so they will never get written to the file on disk.
Such sites include the netscape online store (merchant.netscape.com)
and the MCI mall at www.internetmci.com.
> Also wondering why Netscape seems to touch/modify the certification
> key files every time it runs.
It is an artifact of the database library that we are using. The
certificates and keys are not actually being written each time.
--Jeff
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NODE 40d1a5feRe: Netscrape's Cookies
Defanged Fruit-Ant <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>Sat, 17 Feb 1996 19:31:17 +0800
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Jeff Weinstein wrote:
> Defanged Fruit-ant wrote: (Hey, he called us Netscrape :-) )
Actually it would make a nice name for a web robot.
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