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[Bill Glaze]

Thanks Marty:  So cookies have more than a commercial application.  
Didn't know that.  So much information...............so little time.  
Bill Glaze

Martin X. Moleski, SJ wrote:

> --On Tuesday, December 21, 2004 10:04 AM -0500 Bill Glaze 
> <billglaze at triad.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Why can't I access the NSRCA web site when I have cookies disabled?
>
>
> "A cookie is a piece of text that a Web server can store on a user's 
> hard disk. Cookies allow a Web site to store information on a user's 
> machine and later retrieve it. The pieces of information are stored as 
> name-value pairs.
>
> "For example, a Web site might generate a unique ID number for each 
> visitor and store the ID number on each user's machine using a cookie 
> file."
> <http://computer.howstuffworks.com/cookie1.htm>
>
> That's what's going on in the area of the site that
> requires log-in.  The security software needs to issue
> you a permit to gain entry to the protected material.
> Every time your computer requests something from that
> area, the NSRCA computer checks for the cookie permission
> slip.
>
> Cookies wouldn't be necessary in a single-user setup,
> as in the old days of the BBS systems.  But there can
> be a large number of people all using the site at the
> same time.  Cookies help keep the flow straight and
> limit the security challenges to one entryway.
>
>                         Marty [unpaid] 2874
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