Re: a positive "no thanks" to cookies?
Shel Kaphan (sjk@amazon.com)
Mon, 11 Aug 1997 10:10:10 -0700 (PDT)
Ben Laurie writes:
>
> Isn't this rather self-defeating? This mechanism could then be used
> instead of the cookie.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ben.
>
Yes, of course you're right, if it were per-cookie instead of per-server.
If there were a generic "don't send cookies" command, that would not convey
any state information.
As Marc Hedlund pointed out, we don't need anything in the protocol
for this at all -- the same UI mechanisms that would have to be built
for that could entirely handle the problem.
Sorry to waste time by bringing this up -- the dangers of "thinking out loud"
in a group like this.
--Shel