R: [PHP] stupid crosscookie function

From: Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 00:13:43 +0000
Subject: R: [PHP] stupid crosscookie function
Groups: php.general 
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What what what? >It's a security/privacy feature. You can get around it by having a >third-party cookie server set a cookie that goes with an image (invisible >1px by 1px if you want) and then having back-channel communications methods >of sharing the data. This is how the weasely ad banner companies track you >from site to site. :-) I use images: but cannot grab the cookie from the image that points to the other site. Site 1 <body> <img src="http://site2.com?setcookie.php3"> </body> Cookie is set on site2, not site1 Can you be more specific please.. Thanks > >Browsers aren't supposed to accept image cookies from third-party domains, >but they do anyway...it probably breaks a business model someplace to do the >right thing. > >- Tim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Richard Lynch" <richard@zend.com> >To: <php-general@lists.php.net> >Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 5:01 PM >Subject: Re: [PHP] stupid crosscookie function > > >> I think maybe you can do it between different sub-domains (eg >> www.domain1.com and www2.domain1.com) but not two different domains... >> >> This is just a theory based on my limited reading of the Cookie spec and >its >> intent... >> >> I don't really know. > > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >

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