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gt7697c
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Re: IE6 and Cookies (Here we go again...)

What happens if you override automatic cookie handling, and then override cookie handling for individual Web sites.

Will cookie handling for individual Web Sites still work????
eburger68
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gt7697c:

You asked:
said by gt7697c:
What happens if you override automatic cookie handling, and then override cookie handling for individual Web sites. Will cookie handling for individual Web Sites still work????
Yes, that is one viable strategy. The conclusion of the IE6-P3P section of that document mentions three different alternatives to the Privacy Settings slider bar:

1) override the default Privacy settings with the Advanced Privacy Settings (ideally with all third-party cookies blocked) and then add trusted web sites either to the Per Site Privacy Actions box or the Trusted sites zone;

2) employ custom block lists to load known advertisers, marketers, and purveyors of spyware into the Restricted sites zone;

3) use free, third-party filtering software, such as ad blockers, cookie crushers, and pop-up stoppers.

Hope that helps.

Eric L. Howes

gt7697c
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gt7697c

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You da man!!!! Thanks!!!!:):):)
Implementing it as soon as I finish typing.

Edit

Where does one get the customize cookie block list of web marketers????
How does one import that list without having to manually type it in????
eburger68
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gt7697c:

You asked:
said by gt7697c:
Where does one get the customize cookie block list of web marketers????
How does one import that list without having to manually type it in????
Well, there are two different "lists" you can edit.

First, you can add sites to the Per Site Privacy Actions list on the Privacy tab. You can export that list from the Registry and then add to and edit it from there. To help you along I added two sites to my Per Site Privacy Actions list and then exported it:

this-is-allowed.com (Allow)
this-is-blocked.com (Block)

What follows is the complete Registry file for the resulting Per Site Privacy Actions list:

-----snip-----------
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\P3P]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\P3P\History]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\P3P\History\this-is-allowed.com]
@=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\P3P\History\this-is-blocked.com]
@=dword:00000005
-----snip-----------

Watch the wrap on some of those lines -- everything between [ brackets ] is one line.

As you can see, a value data of 1 = "Allow" and a value data of 5 = "Block."

If you need more info on this, see this thread:

»Add another security zone to IE6?

...where R2 discusses a number of different IE 6 Registry settings, including the one above.

Now, you can also add sites to the Restricted zone (where cookies are always blocked). There's a pre-made list of known advertisers and marketers for the Restricted zone here:

»www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehow ··· #IESPYAD

Hope the above helps.

Eric L. Howes

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Eric,
It is not cast in concrete..but the lid is on the box.
Do you have any comment or information to share?????
__________________________________________________________

The Platform for Privacy Preferences Project (P3P) enables Web sites to express their privacy practices in a standard format that can be retrieved automatically and interpreted easily by user agents. P3P user agents will allow users to be informed of site practices (in both machine- and human-readable formats) and to automate decision-making based on these practices when appropriate. Thus users need not read the privacy policies at every site they visit.

The Draft
»www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-P3 ··· 0010928/
The Platform for Privacy Preferences 1.0 (P3P1.0) Specification
W3C Working Draft 28 September 2001

The Latest
»www.w3.org/TR/P3P/
The Platform for Privacy Preferences 1.0 (P3P1.0) Specification
W3C Proposed Recommendation 28 January 2002

One of the products.

»www.alphaworks.ibm.com/t ··· 3peditor

Update: February 21, 2002
Bug fix for compact policy generation; files generated are now compatible with the P3P Proposed Recommendation.
What is P3P Policy Editor?
The IBM P3P Policy Editor is a visual tool, with an easy-to-use interface, for creating a Web site's privacy policy in the P3P language, which can be interpreted by Web browsers and other user agents that support the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project (P3P) specification from the W3C. P3P allows users to automate the acceptance or rejection of a Web site's requests for information, based on user preferences set in browsers or client devices. Users are assured that their privacy is protected without having to read each Web site's privacy policy.

Comments on P3P-Policy-Editor
»www.alphaworks.ibm.com/f ··· Document

"Another Microsoft con"

"Why bother with this java platform ? microsoft do not support it and they WON the browser war people."

Opt-out
"When using the template that collects user information for contact details I cant find anywhere to select and Opt-in or Opt out option for that data collection as I need to specify for 3rd party cookies.

Do I need to manually change the compact policy adding 'i' or 'o' to each entry."

__________________________________________________________--

Thanks you for all your information>
eburger68
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Time Out:

You asked:
said by Time Out:
Eric,
It is not cast in concrete..but the lid is on the box.
Do you have any comment or information to share?????

Thanks you for all your information>

Errrm...I guess I'm not sure sure just what you wanted me to comment on. The latest draft of P3P? IBM's P3P Policy Editor (which I haven't had time to play around with)? The comment about this being just "another Microsoft con"?

One observation about these policy editors: having looked at a few of them, I note that so many of them are presented as simply tools to generate yet another web page element that will allow cookies to be accepted by IE 6.0 users. In other words, IE 6.0's implementation of P3P is regarded as just another low hurdle on the way to setting cookies on users. The problem is presented as one of generating a compact policy that will allow the cookies to be set, not as one of a company's underlying privacy practices.

But those are just random observations.

Eric L. Howes