Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> | accidental, for example caching web pages that contain cookies
>
> I suspect cached cookies could confuse things in other ways too.
> Hmmm...would it basically be possible to Don't Cache cookies or drop
> them somehow, e.g. purge them, by some host based setting in the config ?
Caching of cookies has always been a problem with WWWOFFLE which is
why the subject has its own section in the FAQ.
It is possible to block cookies using one of the CensorHeader options,
this can be applied to all pages or only certain web sites. It is
difficult to know what else could be done though.
One option that I have been thinking about would be to always refresh
pages that contain a Cookie in the request. This means that the
Cookie header acts the same way that the 'Pragma: no-cache' or
'Cache-Control: no-cache' headers work and force a page reload (when
online).
If this was used along with careful Cookie blocking in the browser
(only allowing cookies for sites that you want to allow to set them)
then it would probably work. The problem would be when all requests
contain cookies, having a local cache would not help speed up
browsing. This solution would solve problems with websites that
redirect from one page to another until the cookie gets set.
Does this option sound useful? It would be fairly simple to add.
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Andrew.
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http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/
WWWOFFLE users page:
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