[thelist] FAQ (was: Protecting your code from viewing)

[Garrett Coakley]

On Wed, 14 Nov 2001 15:15:24 +0530
Madhu Menon <webguru at vsnl.net> wrote:

> (and perhaps get rid of some of those gratuitous X-headers currently
> in  place ;)

You leave them X-headers alone bucko. The only thing that keeps
me interested these days is when a new one crops up *;)


<tip type="filtering cookies" author="Garrett Coakley">

Want to keep a tighter grip on your cookies? Have a look at The Internet
Junkbuster (http://www.junkbuster.com/ijb.html). As well as being a damn
fine banner blocking proxy, it also has cookie management.

For example:

[garrett at cincinnati garrett]$ cat /etc/junkbuster/cookiefile

evolt.org		# These sites can set and	
redhat.com		# retrieve cookies as they 
barclays.co.uk		# see fit.
bt.com			#

>slashdot.org		# Whereas these sites can
>kuro5hin.org		# only read a previously
>192.com		# set cookie. They can't set 
>unquoted.co.uk		# any more


Prepending a '>' onto a domain name will only allow out a previously set
cookie. Very handy for sites where you need to be identified (like
slashdot.org) but don't want to get caught out by webbugs or tracking
cookies.

It will also store rejected cookies in a jarfile (cookie... jar...
geddit?) so you can see exactly how may are set in an average browsing
session.

The junkbuster is available for both *nix and win32.

</tip>


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