On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:02:27 -0500, Norbert Friemel wrote: >On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:17:33 -0500, Barbara Nitz wrote: > >>>safebrowsing.clients.google.com: Firefox uses Google's "Safe Browsing API" >>>http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/phishing-protection/ >>>Uncheck "Block reported attack sites/web forgeries" in Tools -> Options -> >>>Security >>okay, so in order to block firefox gives control to google first?!? In any >>case, I did not allow any cookies to be set. > >Yes. From the URL above: "Phishing and Malware Protection works by checking >the sites that you visit against lists of reported phishing and malware >sites. These lists are automatically downloaded and updated every 30 minutes >or so ..."
Someone has to do it. >"... In both cases, existing cookies you have from google.com, our list >provider, may also be sent. ..." > But it sounds as if Barbara uses Firefox only to contact IBM. She probably wishes she could whitelist ibm.com and block everything else. Is there a basic design conflict between use of cookies and redirection for load balancing? It seems wrong that the cookies should belong to, e.g. www-42.ibm.com and not www.ibm.com. >BTW Another reason to contact google is geolocation: >http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/geolocation/ > Does IBM need to employ geolocation? For multilingual support? For contract validation? Who does geolocation? Google? Skyhook/Loki? Other (specify). At one point, Firefox requested confirmation when Google Maps (honoring my click) requested geolocation. I haven't seen that lately -- it must have memorized my response. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
