Re: instant cookies?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1999
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 23250
interpreted = N
texte = >> The cookie in the website should protect some sort of game, which is not >> allowed without a cookie. I can set the cookie on the homepage and look for >> it on the game-page. But then I must forbid bookmarking of the game-page. >> Easy play, I thought, just ask for the correct referer and redirect to the >> homepage in case the referer does not fit. Nope - this (damned) MS Explorer >> does not deliver a referer in a frameset, when the calling link is in a >> different frameset, so I have no chance to validate the referring link... At 22:25 Uhr 02.02.1999, Christer Olsson wrote: >Why do you have to forbid bookmarking? Isn't it enough with the cookie set? >If not, set a value you can check from time to time and send the visitor >back to your entry if his cookie doesn't fit your wanted value.At 17:04 Uhr 02.02.1999, Brian B. Burton wrote: >I don't know why you use the cookie for this,...This is some sort of sweepstakes and the user isn't allowed to play twice within 24 hours. I read the cookie and look for it in the database, where date and time of his last game ist stored. So I find out if he can play a second time. At 17:04 Uhr 02.02.1999, Brian B. Burton wrote: >... >by making it a form (with a POST), the browser won't >properly bookmark it., then >if you come back to the page, the SHOWIT argument will validate >true, and back to the homepage they go!Good thinking - that was it. Thanks! Peter++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Peter Ostry - Vienna/Austria - www.ostry.com Fon ++43-1-877 74 54 Fax ++43-1-877 74 54-21 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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>> The cookie in the website should protect some sort of game, which is not >> allowed without a cookie. I can set the cookie on the homepage and look for >> it on the game-page. But then I must forbid bookmarking of the game-page. >> Easy play, I thought, just ask for the correct referer and redirect to the >> homepage in case the referer does not fit. Nope - this (damned) MS Explorer >> does not deliver a referer in a frameset, when the calling link is in a >> different frameset, so I have no chance to validate the referring link... At 22:25 Uhr 02.02.1999, Christer Olsson wrote: >Why do you have to forbid bookmarking? Isn't it enough with the cookie set? >If not, set a value you can check from time to time and send the visitor >back to your entry if his cookie doesn't fit your wanted value.At 17:04 Uhr 02.02.1999, Brian B. Burton wrote: >I don't know why you use the cookie for this,...This is some sort of sweepstakes and the user isn't allowed to play twice within 24 hours. I read the cookie and look for it in the database, where date and time of his last game ist stored. So I find out if he can play a second time. At 17:04 Uhr 02.02.1999, Brian B. Burton wrote: >... >by making it a form (with a POST), the browser won't >properly bookmark it., then >if you come back to the page, the SHOWIT argument will validate >true, and back to the homepage they go!Good thinking - that was it. Thanks! Peter++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Peter Ostry - Vienna/Austria - www.ostry.com Fon ++43-1-877 74 54 Fax ++43-1-877 74 54-21 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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