Re: cookie crumbs

  • From: "Dale Leavens" <dleavens@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 19:25:20 -0400

Why would that be less secure than the cookie carrying the password? A cookie can be interrogated and decoded or copied from your computer easily either way.
----- Original Message ----- From: "tribble" <lauraeaves@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: cookie crumbs



That would be incredibly insecure, more so than putting the password in a
cookie.
I hope it's not the case.
Thanks to all for the suggestions -- I'm going to try them out.
--le
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <dleavens@xxxxxxx> 
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: cookie crumbs


Hi,

It may be that the password is not saved as a cookie on your computer
directly but as a selection on the site. The site will recognize your
computer by the session cookies it leaves on your computer and thereby
brings up your account on that site. You confirm who you are with your user 
name and the site fills in the rest.
----- Original Message ----- From: "tribble" <lauraeaves@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: "bprogramming" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 12:40 PM
Subject: cookie crumbs



Hi all --
I have a question about IE7, the google toolbar, and anything else that
might be responsible for saving passwords.  I have logins on a number of
sites that I really don't want broken into -- places like paypal for
example. I do not want the password, which I always have memorized, saved
in
some cookie on my system. At first I thought this would not happen without 
me explicitly telling it to, but recently when I go to paypal, something
fills in the password field. Since the password is starred out, I tried
hitting the log in button to see if the saved password would work and sure 
enough, it did.
So what app is responsible for saving this info, and howdo I prevent it?
(Needless to say, I never opt to save a cookie with this info on the sites 
of interest.  So I don't think that I'm the culprit...)
TIA for any info.
--le


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