bjf123
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| Cookie Jar
Is there a reason that Cookie Jar only looks in the folder labeled Cookies, and not in the Temporary Internet Files folder? Both folders contain cookies. I'm running Win Me.
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Jason Levine
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| It looks in both actually, but I think there are some bugs in there. I've finished one round of bug-squashing in Script Sentry and plan on focusing on Cookie Jar for a bit.
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bjf123
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| Thanks Jason. I'll be looking for a new update. Right now, the only cookies that appear, and can get deleted, are from the Cookies folder. On another note, once I put a cookie / site in the Banned Cookie Jar, does that prevent those sites from putting cookies on my system in the future?
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Jason Levine
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| said by bjf123:
once I put a cookie / site in the Banned Cookie Jar, does that prevent those sites from putting cookies on my system in the future?
Not as of yet. That's something I'm working on for a future version, but I want to fix some bugs before I add in new features.
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Murray3
join:2001-03-06
Texas
| reply to bjf123
said by bjf123:
Once I put a cookie / site in the Banned Cookie Jar, does that prevent those sites from putting cookies on my system in the future?
You could try out the public preview of IE6 (full product to be released soon).
It has some pretty good cookie functions, such as...
1) When it comes across a cookie, it will flag it up, and you can accept it or reject it.
You can do this on a 'per cookie' basis, or block all from the domain/site sending you the cookie.
Any you create rules for (allow or block) will not bother you again and will be allowed/rejected based on your rule
2) Ability to Accept/Block/Prompt for cookies
3) Ability to Accept/Block/Prompt for cookies for 3rd party sites
4) Ability to always allow Session cookies
I tend to use the over-ride and prompt for 1st party cookies, block 3rd party cookies.
Then, I can allow or reject any 1st party cookies coming from the site, and all 3rd party cookies will automatically be blocked.
Seems to work pretty well. |
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bjf123
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| said by Murray:
You could try out the public preview of IE6 (full product to be released soon). It has some pretty good cookie functions, such as...
I had thought about that, but I tend to hold off on any new Microsoft updates until they release the first SP to fix all the bugs. I still haven't upgraded to IE 5.5. Have you had good luck with IE 6?
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Murray3
join:2001-03-06
Texas
| Y'know, I agree with your way of thinking.
I too, usually wait for the full product to come out, but I had read and heard good things about IE6.
I've been using it since the beta became available, and I have not had a single issue with it so far. The latest build (the one available as Public Preview from the MS site) seems very robust... so in all fairness, I would say it's their best browser yet.
I understand why you usually hold off though  |
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R2
R Not
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Long Beach, CA
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It is my understanding the the TIF does not really hold the cookies but instead holds what others have called "pointers" to cookies.
If you look at the TIF in DOS, you will find there are no cookies actually held in the directory... |
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Jason Levine
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| said by R2:
It is my understanding the the TIF does not really hold the cookies but instead holds what others have called "pointers" to cookies.
If you look at the TIF in DOS, you will find there are no cookies actually held in the directory...
Yup. The reason that the cookies don't disappear from the TIF folder when cookie Jar removes them from the Cookies folder is that I haven't had it editing the index.dat file. As part of an update to Cookie Jar, I'm going to see if I can't get the index.dat file updated.
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R2
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| Hmmmm... to update the index.dat file, you would normally need to shut down Windows and edit it in DOS. Alternatively, you can simply delete the file in DOS, and Windows automatically updates it during the reboot process.
Windows seems to "lock" this file saying it is "in use". It does not appear to be locked by simply marking it "Read Only" -- some other mechanism is being used.
Interestingly, I believe if you delete a Cookie file from in the TIF while in Windows, the Cookie is ALSO deleted from the /Cookies folder. However, if you completely delete the TIF is DOS, the Cookies are NOT deleted from the /Cookie folder.
Also, if you delete Cookies in the /Cookies folder while in Windows or DOS, I believe the pointer are NOT deleted from the TIF. This is an amazingly complex interaction...
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