Posted by llurpsienoodle on May 23, 2008, at 7:01:26
In reply to Re: poster information, posted by Dr. Bob on May 21, 2008, at 23:47:37
> > Nobody sees your name on that page except you, or somebody looking over your shoulder. Your own computer stores your posting name, as a convenience to you. When I open that page, my name shows as a convenience to me. If somebody who has never posted to Babble opens that page, the poster name and password will be blank. Nobody can see anybody else's information.
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> Right, that was a "dynamic" page generated with information ("cookies") stored on each user's computer. And not a "static" page on the server that looked the same to everyone. To try to prevent more confusion, I deleted the pages with those links.
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> BobWhen I turned off my cookies for this site I found that I had to type in "llurpsienoodle" and my pwd every single time I wished to post. It's inconvenient, but I believe it is more secure.
-Ll
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