Favorites question

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Howard Brazee

I recently discovered that I could use favorites to get to folders on
my computer. Dumb that I didn't notice it before, but I guess that's
part of the integration between Internet and desktop.

Since it is integrated, and since I haven't found an IE newsgroup, I
thought I would ask a question here:

My wife uses I.E. She has a favorite which automatically logs her
into Kaiser Permante with her ID and password. I'd like to set up a
bookmark where she can do the same thing with my ID and password as
well.

I noticed that unlike bookmarks, favorites don't have a place to add
comments.

Is it possible to have two favorites to the same URL with different
password cookies?
 
Howard said:
I recently discovered that I could use favorites to get to folders on
my computer. Dumb that I didn't notice it before, but I guess that's
part of the integration between Internet and desktop.

Since it is integrated, and since I haven't found an IE newsgroup, I
thought I would ask a question here:

My wife uses I.E. She has a favorite which automatically logs her
into Kaiser Permante with her ID and password. I'd like to set up a
bookmark where she can do the same thing with my ID and password as
well.

I noticed that unlike bookmarks, favorites don't have a place to add
comments.

Is it possible to have two favorites to the same URL with different
password cookies?
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Should be able to, just rename the 1st favorite and then create another
with your user login.

Use Favorites/organize favorites to rename.
 
Howard Brazee said:
I recently discovered that I could use favorites to get to folders on
my computer. Dumb that I didn't notice it before, but I guess that's
part of the integration between Internet and desktop.

Since it is integrated, and since I haven't found an IE newsgroup, I
thought I would ask a question here:

My wife uses I.E. She has a favorite which automatically logs her
into Kaiser Permante with her ID and password. I'd like to set up a
bookmark where she can do the same thing with my ID and password as
well.

I noticed that unlike bookmarks, favorites don't have a place to add
comments.

Is it possible to have two favorites to the same URL with different
password cookies?
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I wouldn't expect so, unless you can get there using two different
URLs (e.g. aliases) so that the different Cookies are stored under them.

Why not use two logons? Then you each can have your own profile
and your own other UI preferences can be retained. The only problem
you might have then is if you have to share E-mail but that subject is
a FAQ in another newsgroup and depends on what your E-mail agent is.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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I wouldn't expect so, unless you can get there using two different
URLs (e.g. aliases) so that the different Cookies are stored under them.

Why not use two logons? Then you each can have your own profile
and your own other UI preferences can be retained. The only problem
you might have then is if you have to share E-mail but that subject is
a FAQ in another newsgroup and depends on what your E-mail agent is.
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I have no desire to log on to her machine. But she wants to connect
to our physician's URL to get her test results, and again to get my
test results. We have different names with passwords.

Would it work to create a URL via http://www.makeashorterlink.com/
that pointed to the same URL? Or would the Cookies recognize that it
was really the same URL? Or is there a way to create an alias that
works here? I don't know how this works.
 
Howard Brazee said:
On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 12:36:10 -0400, "Robert Aldwinckle"
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I have no desire to log on to her machine. But she wants to connect
to our physician's URL to get her test results, and again to get my
test results. We have different names with passwords.
Click to expand...
Would it work to create a URL via http://www.makeashorterlink.com/
that pointed to the same URL? Or would the Cookies recognize that it
was really the same URL? Or is there a way to create an alias that
works here? I don't know how this works.
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Cookies are related to sites, not to URLs, so aliases won't work. You may
be able to accomplish what you want with a third-party product such as
RoboForm.
 
Howard Brazee said:
I have no desire to log on to her machine. But she wants to connect
to our physician's URL to get her test results, and again to get my
test results. We have different names with passwords.
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I agree with Gary, something like RoboForm would enable you to override
the current information (assumed to be provided by a Cookie) easily.
I think it would also make it more feasible to solve your problem
if the protocol involved is https, which hopefully should be the case.

Would it work to create a URL via http://www.makeashorterlink.com/
that pointed to the same URL?
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It depends. Consider what is in the URL and what its protocol is.
If all the information that the Cookie provided is being sent as cgi input
variables for a request on http they could override any Cookie
which might be sent with it. In fact, in the case of makeashorterlink
there wouldn't be any Cookie information to send since all that does is redirect.
There would be zero security for your password (since it would be in cleartext)
but that might be trumped by your wife's convenience at being able to use
two different URLs with the same site for two different purposes. Etc.

Or would the Cookies recognize that it was really the same URL?
Or is there a way to create an alias that works here?
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No. What I was thinking of (as an exception case which might work)
would depend on the site already having aliases and using Cookies
with them. It's pretty unlikely; e.g. even if the site did have aliases
most likely it would redirect them to a preferred sitename and use
a Cookie with it.

I don't know how this works.
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It would probably help you a lot to use FiddlerTool to trace
the sessions you are trying to simplify. Then you would see
what protocol was involved, where the Cookies are used,
whether any data is transmitted as input variables, etc.
If the protocol is https you won't see as much as you can
when the protocol is http but you can at least see the URLs
which are used by additionally installing RPAspy.

http://www.enhanceie.com/fiddler/version.asp


Good luck

Robert
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