Cookies?

[Antonio Tavares Lopes]

Michael Dargan wrote:
> 
> We're running Netscape Standalone 4.05 on Win95 workstations that are
> under severe policy restrictions and Fortres 101.  I've disabled cookies
> but am getting pressure from patrons who desire them.  I'm leery of
> allowing them on public workstations.
> 
> Am I being to fussy?  What would be the practical significance of
> enabling cookies which are sent back to the server?
> 

Cookies allow for some degree of persistence between client and server
communication. Some interactive sites may rely on them to preserve the
state of a conversation (the choices made on a previous form, for
instance) in an otherwise stateless protocol. Personally I don't see any
harm on them, but they can be safely and easily wiped out from your
disks (say, daily?).

António Tavares Lopes
atlopes at mail.telepac.pt