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[Leon Brooks]

Christian wrote:

> In Bret's case he has apparently decided (wrongly or rightly)
> that he has very strict security requirements.

Paranoid? I'm not paranoid! Who said I was paranoid? Tell me! (-:

It's a case of value for effort. Canning cookies buys you very little 
extra security for a significant cost in inconvenience. However, the 
comment about disabling inline attachments is a good one, since in-line 
HTML can fetch Java and other locally active objects, which in turn are 
much more likely to pose a security problem than a gross of cookies.

Of course, the first step is NEVER RUN WINDOWS since the sign on the TCP 
stack reads ``WELCOME ALL VIRUSES AND TROJANS, MALFORMED ICMP AND OTHER 
CRACKS'' (even Macs have less than 10% as many viruses et al). The 
second step is never to run Microsoft software even on a Mac, because 
(1) it will track you much more effectively than cookies; and (2) if an 
application can make your computer vulnerable to cracking, the Microsoft 
application will be the one that does it.