[Foundation-l] Cookie based blocking and bug #3233. A quick hack implimented on commons.

[Jeff V. Merkey]

Tim Starling wrote:

>Jeffrey V. Merkey wrote:
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>>A better solution is to embed the MAC address of the workstation into 
>>the cookie itself, so you can track someone no matter what account
>>or IP they use.
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>It should be obvious that you can't obtain the MAC address using any
>documented Java or JavaScript interface, that would be a privacy issue. 
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I think you can, but yes, this is an intrusion of peoples privacy.

Jeff

>I
>once suggested a browser plugin, "click yes at the security dialog box to
>allow editing from AOL", but for some reason the response from those
>present was not positive... You might expect some anti-spyware advocates
>to get annoyed, since in essence that's what it would be. Then there's the
>issue of trusting data from the client: if you want to add anti-debugger
>and anti-disassembly measures then it becomes a significant development
>task, and no such measure is perfect anyway.
>
>-- Tim Starling
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