Posted by holly on 10/27/06 15:12

In article <4540bc78$0$323$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>,
since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much@spamyourself.com says...
> Steve Wright wrote:
>
> > Cracked it!
> >
> > Because I have access to work from home over a VPN, the company have
> > installed a firewall (Zone Alarm integrity client). This was blocking
> > the cookies.
> >
> > As I am at work and behind the corporate firewall, I have shutdown my
> > local firewall. IE6 now works.
> >
> > Interesting how IE6 was affected when the local firewall in in
> > operation, but Firefox wasn't.
> >
> > Thanks for the help
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> Glad you solved it, but check as 'readme' said why FF is working without
> cookiefiltering.
>
> I do not understand: why would a firewall filter cookies out?
> Cookies are a normal part of a http-request.
> What kind of 'security improvement' does that offer?
> I don't get it.
>
> Does the firewall also check the HTML for undesired text?
> Does it add missing </td>'s?
>
> Seriously, can anybody explain to me why a firewall filters cookies?
>
> Regards,
> Erwin Moller
>
>

Because cookies are dangerous.
Cookies have always been dangerous
cookies will always be dangerous
If anyone tells you different - they are wrong.

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