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Re: lynx-dev cookie handling idea -- "max expire time"
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David Woolley |
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Re: lynx-dev cookie handling idea -- "max expire time" |
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Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:58:40 +0100 (BST) |
> For example, if a cookie has no expire time set, or is set to some time
> way in the future (and this option is set), re-set the expiration date to
> (current time + max expire time).
If Lynx is persistently storing cookies with no expire time, it is broken.
These are relatively benign cookies intended only for a single session
(e.g. content of shopping cart, or in practice, the number of the cart).
The cookie spec says that these expire at the end of the browsing session.
Time limiting cookies used as an alternative to proper login procedures
would just annoy the people who have been demanding persistent cookies.
If all you are interested in is cookies used for "tracking" for market
research and advertisement targetting, you will confuse the trackers more
by rejecting all cookies or by not making them persistent.
I can't see any advantage in applying a ceiling.