Re: Encrypted URL

[Jeremiah Cornelius <jeremiah () nur net>]

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On Monday 02 February 2004 07:43, Dean Saxe wrote:
> It appears that MSIE, depending on how
> its installed, will sometimes share session cookies between browsers,
> causing what you describe below.  Other times it will not share those
> session cookies, effectively allowing multiple browser windows to access a
> single app and differentiate between them.
>
> Unfortunately, this appears to be an option at installation and I don't
> know if it can be changed on the fly through registry settings or
> preferences. If it can be changed it would save me a lot of headaches with
> end users and QA. ;-)

Dean,

There is a "Folder Options" setting in MS Explorer, which enforces running 
each window spawned in its own process. See the attached .jpeg.

Also - opening a second copy of IE from a shortcut, from the desktop item, or 
from a menu SHOULD start an independent IE session: no cookie sharing.

You will generally share environments when a second IE is opened by:
- - Scripts on a page
- - Right-clicking to "Open in a New Window"
- - Selecting "FILE --> Open --> New Window"

I would have to test to see if these actions are affected by changing the 
Explorer folder options for running own processes.  

I suspect not - there are all kinds of potential browser security problems in 
allowing IPC between browser windows which are retrieving content from 
potentially DIFFERENT zones of trust.

- --Jeremiah Cornelius
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