Re: Cookie problems
From: sponge (mtubi@python.net)Date: 01/29/02
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From: mtubi@python.net (sponge) Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 03:41:34 GMT
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 06:09:14 GMT, "david.rolph" <david.rolph@cox.net>
wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I recently got a cable internet connection at home. I decided that now
>would be a good time to look into Firewalls too. I know very little about
>them.
>
>So I downloaded ZoneAlarm and installed it. Later I connected up a Linksys
>router/firewall so I could share my connection. I left Zone Alarm in since
>I figure it will tell me about outgoing traffic (trojans I guess). The only
>other change I made to the system was install some cable company(Cox)
>software that seems to have made some changes to my IE6 browser, like adding
>a cox logo to the top. The security settings for the browser remain on
>medium.
Good thinking! You deserve a pat on the back. It's amazing how many
people who should know better fail to realize that a hardware router
or firewall does NOTHING to protect you from nasties that are on YOUR
COMPUTER.
>Anyway it works pretty well. And I was feeling pretty pleased with myself.
>But then I noticed some sites dont work properly. Finally I found a site
>that reported "this site requires that your browser accept cookies, etc". I
>guess that is why the other sites don't work either (banks etc). I do want
>to access those sites so going without cookies is not an option for me.
Go into Tools/Internet Options, select the Security tab, and click
Custom Settins. Scroll down the list of cookie-related options and see
if they're disabled. Generally, Permanent cookies should be disabled
and Session-Only should be enabled. Of course, if data-theft isn't a
concern then you can enable both.
>I am aware that some firewalls can be configured to stop cookies. But I
>can't find anything about ZA or Linksys doing that. I tried closing ZA that
>didn't help. I set IE security settings to low that didn't help. Bypassing
>the Linksys will be a bit of a pain and I can't find anything that suggest
>that could be the cause.
Most firewalls have nothing to do with cookies. Many proxies can, but
they're different than firewalls. I suppose that the Cox stuff you
installed was actually a proxy of some sort. Go into Tools/Internet
Options/Connection and see what options come up. Generally, you should
set this to Automatically Detect if you don't want to use a proxy. I
recommend getting a good proxy like the Proxomitron.
I also recommend restarting your machine in DOS, deleting the
INDEX.DAT files in your C:\WINDOWS\COOKIES, C:\WINDOWS\HISTORY, AND
C:\WINDOWS\TEMPOR~1 directories. Then, create dummy file with the same
name. (Type COPY CON INDEX.DAT, tpye in some gibberish, and hit CTRL-Z
and Enter to finish.) Write protect them with ATTRIB +R INDEX.DAT.
Poof, you have no permanent cookies, but you retain basically full
functionality with the web. You should be able to access your banking
records (though you will have to enter your account number and
password each time) with no problems.
>If anybody could give me some pointers I would greatly appreciate it.
>
>Cheers,
>
>David
>
>
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