Firewalls: Re: Weird Netscape Navigator functions?

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Subject:	Re: Weird Netscape Navigator functions?
From:	Adam Jack <ajack @ corp . micrognosis . com>
Date:	Fri, 10 Nov 1995 08:27:16 -0500 (EST)
To:	Calvin Ng <calvin @ bnn . com>
Cc:	Firewalls @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to:	<Chameleon . 951110184705 . calvin @ hobbits . brel . com . sg>

	Peeps,

	I missed much of this thread - but catching up I haven't
	seen a mention to Netscape 'Cookies'.

	http://www.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html

	This is a machanism by which information can be passed
	back and forward by the client & the server using yet
	another Netscape extension.

	The default cookies file on Unix is ~/.netscape/cookies
	and looks like :

.netscape.com   TRUE    /       FALSE   946702799       NETSCAPE_ID     c65ffb1e,c64f06cd
.mcom.com       TRUE    /       FALSE   946702799       NETSCAPE_ID     c65ffb1e,c67a9432

	This means that when the browser is going to either of those locations
	it transfers the specific installation NETSCAPE_ID back to their server
	along with all the other browser information.

	Adam
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Re: Weird Netscape Navigator functions?
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