Re: ripe/ncc likes cookies

2013-01-14 Thread Owen DeLong
On Jan 12, 2013, at 8:50 PM, Andrew Latham wrote: > On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Randy Bush wrote: >>> RIPE needs to fix on their web site: >>> >>> "Please turn on the cookies on your browser to view this site." >>> >>> It doesn't have to be this way... >> >> it should not be this way >

Re: ripe/ncc likes cookies

2013-01-13 Thread Randy Bush
> How many cookies does nanog.org require for you to allow to look > at their site? Seems to me it operates very well without them. > > Job well done NANOG! :-) indeed. i hold the nanog site up as an example in many ways, really functional without cookies, javascript, ... if memory serves,

Re: ripe/ncc likes cookies

2013-01-13 Thread Scott Weeks
--- sc...@doc.net.au wrote: From: Scott Howard That seems to be a perfectly acceptable use of cookies for me, and is something that could not reliably be done any other way. How many cookies does nanog.org require for you to allow to look at their site? See

Re: ripe/ncc likes cookies

2013-01-13 Thread Scott Howard
On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 11:32 PM, Scott Weeks wrote: > Or "ask me every time". Sites should not require cookies > just to look around. I get it if there's a transaction to > be made, but just to look? :-( Especially a site like RIPE! > Umm.. Before deciding what sites should or shouldn't be

RE: ripe/ncc likes cookies

2013-01-12 Thread Scott Weeks
Many browsers can be configured into three states (1) accept anything (2) reject third-party cookies (3) reject all cookies. --- Or "ask me every time". Sites should not require cookies just to look around. I get it if there's a transaction

RE: ripe/ncc likes cookies

2013-01-12 Thread Keith Medcalf
> > Don't most browsers accept all cookies by default without asking the > > user? > no idea, but i think most browsers today block at least third party > cookies by default. Most browsers accept any and all cookies by default. Many browsers can be configured into three states (1) accept anythi

Re: ripe/ncc likes cookies

2013-01-12 Thread Randy Bush
> Don't most browsers accept all cookies by default without asking the > user? no idea, but i think most browsers today block at least third party cookies by default. randy

Re: ripe/ncc likes cookies

2013-01-12 Thread Grant Ridder
Don't most browsers accept all cookies by default without asking the user? -Grant Sent from my iPhone On Jan 12, 2013, at 11:03 PM, Randy Bush wrote: >> Local law in EU which I assumed that most knew about >> http://www.cookielaw.org/about-this-message.aspx > > this says what you must do if y

Re: ripe/ncc likes cookies

2013-01-12 Thread Randy Bush
> Local law in EU which I assumed that most knew about > http://www.cookielaw.org/about-this-message.aspx this says what you must do if you want to feed the client a cookie. it does not mandate feeding them a cookie. in fact, it would seem to suggest that you might do so only if you really must.

Re: ripe/ncc likes cookies

2013-01-12 Thread Andrew Latham
On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Randy Bush wrote: >> RIPE needs to fix on their web site: >> >> "Please turn on the cookies on your browser to view this site." >> >> It doesn't have to be this way... > > it should not be this way > > randy > Local law in EU which I assumed that most knew about

Re: ripe/ncc likes cookies

2013-01-12 Thread Randy Bush
> RIPE needs to fix on their web site: > > "Please turn on the cookies on your browser to view this site." > > It doesn't have to be this way... it should not be this way randy