[Catalog-sig] Fwd: readthedocs.org or packages.python.org?

martin at v.loewis.de martin at v.loewis.de
Thu Feb 7 00:45:56 CET 2013


Zitat von Donald Stufft <donald.stufft at gmail.com>:

> Sadly, no browser follows this logic, and domain=example.com is  
> exactly equivalent to domain=.example.com. There is no way to limit  
> cookies to a single DNS name only, other than by not specifying  
> domain= value at all - and even this does not work in Microsoft  
> Internet Explorer; likewise, there is no way to limit them to a  
> specific port.

I see. Still, it's not a problem at the moment; "python.org" does not issue
cookies. Even for the new site, it should be possible to find a secure  
solution
that doesn't involve shutting down packages.python.org.

Regards,
Martin




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