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| Etymon |
Posted - 16 July 2009 : 19:37:26
I have seen some URLs look like this:
www3
but, as a rule, do all URLs start with:
www
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| Etymon |
Posted - 17 July 2009 : 11:01:45
OK. Hmmm. Well, I am running FF too and noticed it also accepted them out of the box. 
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| bobby131313 |
Posted - 17 July 2009 : 10:41:35
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From what I read a lot of browsers are set by default to not accept third party cookies.
My downloads of FF 3.5 and IE8 accepted them out of the box. |
| Etymon |
Posted - 17 July 2009 : 09:46:13
Thanks Pandhandler!
Yes, I forgot about his Shrinker.
See, the problem is with banning out tiny URLs is how many sites are their like Oxle? I mean, I like the idea behind shortening a URL, but you know how good things do get abused by those who intend to deceive! |
| Panhandler |
Posted - 17 July 2009 : 09:10:52
Marcel at Oxle has, I think, developed a "link shrinker".
http://oxle.com/topic.asp?tid=2283&SearchTerms=link,shrinker
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| Etymon |
Posted - 17 July 2009 : 04:02:21
What I am thinking Bobby is that you could use the third party cookie test as mentioned above by placing a test iframe into the header of your site (domain #1), and then place a url redirect within the cookie that is on the other domain (domain #2) that takes your visitor to an information page which tells the site visitor on domain #1 to not accept third party cookies, why, and how to adjust their browser options. I am thinking of doing that.
From what I read a lot of browsers are set by default to not accept third party cookies. I am wondering what kind of effect my above suggestion would have on a site's visitors. I guess it is all in how it is executed. |
| Etymon |
Posted - 17 July 2009 : 03:37:58
The link above vaguely addresses a theoretical approach to testing with just a snippet of code. This link seems to go into more detail about testing for different types of cookies:
http://www.willmaster.com/library/cgi/are-browser-cookies-enabled.php |
| Etymon |
Posted - 17 July 2009 : 03:33:36
OK, so like say if I do a test like is in the link below and somehow show an alert to the forum visitor stating they need to not accept third part cookies, how do you recommend to proceed from there?
3rd Party Cookie Test: http://codingforums.com/showthread.php?p=832105
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| Etymon |
Posted - 16 July 2009 : 21:29:11
Hmmm. I wonder if there is a way to have the forum block third-party cookies. |
| bobby131313 |
Posted - 16 July 2009 : 21:26:31
Don't even have to click on them, just load the page and it's done unless your browser blocks third party cookies. |
| bobby131313 |
Posted - 16 July 2009 : 21:25:25
Yikes, I'd go crazy. Every other post on my forum has images.  My mods all know about it too, so they don't last long when they post. |
| Etymon |
Posted - 16 July 2009 : 21:23:05
If I understand you correctly, are you saying the broken links can steal your cookies "if you click on them and redirected elsewhere"? |
| Etymon |
Posted - 16 July 2009 : 21:22:02
It seems that you could do a comparison with an (if ... then ... elseif ... end if) statement against the messages being submitted in the forums.
For instance, you could something like this in post_info.asp
if instr(TxtMsg,".jpg") = 0 then
and then depending on the results have the code automatically fire off an e-mail to you regarding the exact post. That way you could be more current with when images are posted and not be as frustrated checking random messages with the "does this have an image in it?" aggravation. The way you are doing it is catching 25% of 100% of your forum's posts instead of 100% of only posts containing images. Less overhead and all.  |
| bobby131313 |
Posted - 16 July 2009 : 21:15:36
I catch one every few months. Malicious is probably the wrong word, they won't harm your users computers, but they will steal from legitimate affiliate marketers, including you if you are one. |
| Etymon |
Posted - 16 July 2009 : 21:11:18
Thanks Bobby. Hmmm ...
How often do you get broken images?
How often are the broken images malicious? |
| bobby131313 |
Posted - 16 July 2009 : 21:08:21
Other than checking all broken images, your at thier mercy really.
I have my forum set up so that I get an email with every members 1st and 5th posts with a link to thier profile and I check thier posts. I am also constantly on the lookout for broken images. If I find a malicious one, I put the host name in the bad word filter and change it to BAN THIS MEMBER NOW.
They're slick too, they'll put it in the middle of a bunch of off site smileys and it just looks like one of them is innocently busted. |
