More on cookies

[Michael Haseltine]

At 08:16 AM 9/3/96 -0700, you wrote:
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>..the example then goes on with a Customer ID kind of application. I 
>could see this in Z39.50 gateway applications to track a browser users 
>session ID; to avoid having students log in to InLibrary WWW clients for 
>otherwise passworded databases...

The problem I have with finding good uses for cookies is that if we allow
desirable uses, then we will be providing a mechanism for undesirable uses.
Think of a cookie as you standing at the door of your library taking
everyone's name and phone number and then checking when they leave the
library. You get the valuable information of how long they spend in the
library to help you in 'serving' them better. Would you do it, and what do
you think your patrons would think about it?

>Walter Lewis
>Deputy Chief/Systems
>Halton Hills Public Library

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