--- lynx2-8-1/src/LYCookie.c.orig	Mon Nov 30 22:24:26 1998
+++ lynx2-8-1/src/LYCookie.c	Mon Nov 30 23:15:29 1998
@@ -1989,6 +1989,7 @@
 #ifdef VMS
     extern BOOLEAN HadVMSInterrupt;
 #endif /* VMS */
+    mode_t oldumask;
     time_t now = time(NULL); /* system specific? - RP */
 
     /*
@@ -1999,7 +2000,9 @@
 	return;
     }
 
+    oldumask=umask(077);
     cookie_handle = fopen(cookie_file, "w+");
+    umask(oldumask);
     for (dl = domain_list; dl != NULL; dl = dl->next) {
 	de = dl->object;
 	if (de == NULL)