Since there are differing ideas about what defines a
tracking cookie and what defines a regular cookie,
Microsoft has said they will address the issue based upon
the responses they get during the beta testing period.
Most tracking cookies that get onto a system are in the
form of third-party cookies. The differentiation of a
first-party and a third-party cookie is straight foward.
A first-party cookie is a cookie that originates from the
web server that is serving the web page that you are
viewing, and a third-party cookie is a cookie from any
other domain than the one you are viewing. Since most
third-party cookies are used for adervtising, these are
the ones that are most likely to be returned as a
tracking cookie, as many sites us the same advertising
sites for their advertisements. NOTE: only the
originating host domain can read the cookie that issued
it to your system. For more info on this go to the
following two sites:
1.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;260971
2.
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/x
p/all/proddocs/en-us/sec_cook.mspx
NOTE: There have been some security flaws that have
allowed a host domain to view a cookie that another host
domain has issued to a system. These are rare cases, and
have been fixed with security updates.
Alan
