Re: Sending and Recieving 'binary packets' with LWP
Bob Gustafson (bobgus@mcs.com)
Wed, 17 May 2000 23:26:44 -0500
>I think you're right about the gif thing. The gif at
>http://web.lexis-nexis.com/ln.universe/images/clear.gif
>is an empty image that either has the cookie or somehow
>if it is decoded, you could get the cookie. Now I have to
>figure out how to decode the gif
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bob Gustafson <bobgus@mcs.com>
>To: Cgreenhill <cgreenhill@oxxfordinfo.com>
>Cc: <libwww@perl.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 12:19 PM
>Subject: Re: Sending and Recieving 'binary packets' with LWP
>
>
>> > Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 14:22:29 GMT
>> > Content-type: image/gif
>>
>>
>> Perhaps this is the clue - decode as if it were a GIF image?
>>
>> BobG
It doesn't seem reasonable that Netscape would have the smarts to warp a
GIF image into a cookie.
Are you sure that cookie did not come from a previous encounter with that
particular web page - or perhaps a previous web page - with a more
restrictive path placed on the cookie.
BobG