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Cookies in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Shaun Chappell Support Professional Microsoft Product Support – Desktop Micro

Cookies in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Shaun Chappell Support Professional Microsoft Product Support – Desktop Microsoft Corporation Cookies in Internet Explorer 5.5 Introduction Purpose of the WebCast What will be covered? What are cookies? Different types of cookies Security

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Cookies in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Shaun Chappell Support Professional Microsoft Product Support – Desktop Micro

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  1. Cookies in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5Shaun ChappellSupport ProfessionalMicrosoft Product Support – DesktopMicrosoft Corporation

  2. Cookies in Internet Explorer 5.5Introduction • Purpose of the WebCast • What will be covered? • What are cookies? • Different types of cookies • Security • Importing and exporting cookies • Other information • Questions

  3. What Are Cookies?What are they for? • Cookies allow Web pages to “change state” • Cookies save time

  4. What Are Cookies?How much space do they take up? • Cookies are just text files • Cookies have a maximum size of only 4 KB each • Cookies are limited to twenty per domain

  5. What Are Cookies?A cookie example • Cookies are named in the following fashion: (username)@(domain) someone@microsoft.com • The information in a cookie is understood by the Web page that created it

  6. Where Are Cookies? • Cookies are stored, by default, in the C:\Windows\Cookies folder • Cookies can also be viewed in Temporary Internet files (on the Tools menu, click Internet Options, on the General tab, click Settings, and then click View Files) • Cookies can be viewed by double-clicking them

  7. Different Types of CookiesPer-session cookies • Whenever a cookie is created, it may have an expiration date • If a cookie does not have an expiration date, it is removed when all copies of Internet Explorer are closed • This is known as a per-session cookie because it only exists for one session

  8. Different Types of CookiesSome cookies stick around • A cookie can be given an expiration date by the Web page you are visiting • When the cookie has expired, it is deleted

  9. Cookies and SecurityDefault security settings • Remember that many Web pages use cookies • For each security setting, you can select Enable, Disable, or Prompt (but no default security setting changes an option to Prompt)

  10. Cookies and SecurityYou can make the choice • You can customize which Web sites you trust, which ones you distrust, and the default security for everything else • This can be applied to more than just cookies

  11. Cookies and SecurityThe four Web content zones • Internet • Local intranet • Trusted sites • Restricted sites

  12. Cookies and SecurityCustomizing zones • You can customize each zone by clicking the Custom Level button • To see the zones, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options, and then click the Security tab

  13. Cookies and SecurityCustom security • You can change the cookie security for each zone

  14. Cookies and SecurityTrusted and Restricted sites, and cookies • You can add a Trusted site or Restricted site by clicking the Sites button • Allows you to decide cookie preferences for each zone

  15. Importing and Exporting CookiesIntroduction • Why would you want to import and export? • What other Internet browsers can you import from?

  16. Importing and Exporting CookiesHow to import and export • On the File menu, click Import and Export to start the Import/Export Wizard • What other Internet browsers can you import from?

  17. Cookies in Internet Explorer 5.5Other information • Deleting Temporary Internet files does not remove cookies • To delete Temporary Internet files: • Click the Delete Files button on the General tabor • Select the “Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed” option on the Advanced tab

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