Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe

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2001


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numero = 40049
interpreted = N
texte = >On 11/12/01 2:48 PM, Alex McCombie wrote: > > > SECURITY HOLE IN IE REVEALS DATA IN COOKIES > > (Source: Computerworld) The vulnerability means a user's personal > > information, such as a credit card number or home address, could be > > stolen by a malicious site, if other sites have stored that data on > > the user's hard drive. >You would have to be a moron to sensitive data in a cookie. > >Robert MinorThanks Bob. Once again you have left me laughing out loud and smiling. Also, it bears repeating:You would have to be a moron to store sensitive data in a cookie.I have been known to occasionally do something moronic, so I can say to my fellow morons if you are doing something as insecure as saving a persons credit card number as a cookie, don't do that! Save data of that nature only in a database and never send it in email or display it on an non-encrypted page that is not password protected.Good Luck, Paul _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_ _\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/_/_/ Paul Uttermohlen, Internet Consultant \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/614-323-5146 _\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/__\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Alex McCombie 2001)
  2. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Bob Minor 2001)
  3. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Bob Minor 2001)
  4. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Paul Uttermohlen 2001)
  5. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Alex McCombie 2001)
  6. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Bob Minor 2001)
  7. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Alex McCombie 2001)
  8. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (John Peacock 2001)
  9. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (John Peacock 2001)
  10. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Glenn Busbin 2001)
  11. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Bob Minor 2001)
  12. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (Alex McCombie 2001)
  13. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (dale 2001)
  14. Re: Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (John Peacock 2001)
  15. Heads up, cookies *may* be outlawed in Europe (dale 2001)
>On 11/12/01 2:48 PM, Alex McCombie wrote: > > > SECURITY HOLE IN IE REVEALS DATA IN COOKIES > > (Source: Computerworld) The vulnerability means a user's personal > > information, such as a credit card number or home address, could be > > stolen by a malicious site, if other sites have stored that data on > > the user's hard drive. >You would have to be a moron to sensitive data in a cookie. > >Robert MinorThanks Bob. Once again you have left me laughing out loud and smiling. Also, it bears repeating:You would have to be a moron to store sensitive data in a cookie.I have been known to occasionally do something moronic, so I can say to my fellow morons if you are doing something as insecure as saving a persons credit card number as a cookie, don't do that! Save data of that nature only in a database and never send it in email or display it on an non-encrypted page that is not password protected.Good Luck, Paul _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_ _\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/_/_/ Paul Uttermohlen, Internet Consultant \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/614-323-5146 _\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/__\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Paul Uttermohlen

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