Re: duplicate cart numbers - New P3P Rule
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 45404
interpreted = N
texte = Terry Nair wrote: ...Having said that .... A new animal is in town that can really force some of us to rethink the way of the cookie or at the very least .... Abide by the new rules. It is a new W3C Recommendation called P3P and is currently adopted by MIE 6.0 .... With the rest soon to follow.Frank Nordberg responded: ...Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is only relevant for third-party cookies, right?Terry Nair replied: ...Yes that is correct ... All third party cookies only. The definition of third party cookie is detailed out at W3 and MSN site. It is a consideration for nested web pages (conventional frames and iframe users, DIV box, etc).One may have a page call at home.xxx.com which in turn embeds a page called secure.xxx.com ... Even though they are from the same primary domain .... With different sub-domain .... The latter is treated as a third party if it is setting cookies. So, third party cookies is just not restricted to different primary domains.Basically, if I understand the implementation correctly, the parent top window takes first party rights and any nested windows ... Becomes the third party unless it shares the same full domain address.I have not had the chance to test this P3P rule and its cookie blocking outcome if any for Javascript pop-up pages originating from the parent window or through embedded objects such as FLASH files, etc. There is no mention of this as yet ....Cheers TDn------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Terry Nair wrote: ...Having said that .... A new animal is in town that can really force some of us to rethink the way of the cookie or at the very least .... Abide by the new rules. It is a new W3C Recommendation called P3P and is currently adopted by MIE 6.0 .... With the rest soon to follow.Frank Nordberg responded: ...Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is only relevant for third-party cookies, right?Terry Nair replied: ...Yes that is correct ... All third party cookies only. The definition of third party cookie is detailed out at W3 and MSN site. It is a consideration for nested web pages (conventional frames and iframe users, DIV box, etc).One may have a page call at home.xxx.com which in turn embeds a page called secure.xxx.com ... Even though they are from the same primary domain .... With different sub-domain .... The latter is treated as a third party if it is setting cookies. So, third party cookies is just not restricted to different primary domains.Basically, if I understand the implementation correctly, the parent top window takes first party rights and any nested windows ... Becomes the third party unless it shares the same full domain address.I have not had the chance to test this P3P rule and its cookie blocking outcome if any for Javascript pop-up pages originating from the parent window or through embedded objects such as FLASH files, etc. There is no mention of this as yet ....Cheers TDn------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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