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XML-MENU

Last Updated: 9-28-01

This package contains a full menu of custom Import XML files that can be used to manipulate IE6's handling of cookies in the Internet and Trusted zones (the Privacy tab controls only the Internet zone).

The files are divided into three sets: one "short list" of recommended files, and two "advanced" lists containing a wide range of possible Privacy configurations.

The ReadMe covers the basics of using custom XML Import files and details all the files that are available.

A .REG file that can be used to restore the default Privacy tab settings is included.

Installation & Use:

Download one of the following files from the Download section below:

After you explode the files from the archive you downloaded, consult XML-MENU.TXT for more information about using the custom XML Import files with Internet Explorer 6.0.

Download:

XML-MENU.EXE 79 KB
XML-MENU.ZIP  41 KB
 

XML-MENU Last Updated: 9-28-01

Thanks to R2, CNZ, alotero, jbibe, OzarkMan, and all the other readers of DSLR who have patiently reviewed and commented on this package and provided ideas and suggestions for the XML Import files.

 
 

IE6-CUSTOM

Last Updated: 9-23-01

If you're using a custom-created Security zone in IE6, then this package may be of interest to you. It contains a set of .REG files that allow users to configure the handling of cookies in zone 5 (the first custom zone beyond the four default IE Security zones).

These .REG files cover the full range of possible settings with the new IE6 Privacy controls, making available what was previously possible only with the Internet and Trusted zones through XML files to a custom IE Security zone.

Installation & Use:

Download one of the following files from the Download section below:

After you explode the files from the archive you downloaded, consult IE6-CUSTOM.TXT for more information about using the .REG files with Internet Explorer 6.0.

Download:

IE6-CUSTOM.EXE 48 KB
IE6-CUSTOM.ZIP  11 KB
 

IE6-CUSTOM Last Updated: 9-23-01

 
 
Links to Information
 

DSLR - "IE6 and Cookies"
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,1346935;root=security,1;mode=flat;start=0

This is the thread that started it all. Originating on 8/27/01 and extending over 180 posts, this thread covers most of the basics surrounding IE6's new Privacy options including: IE6 Privacy terminology, the Privacy tab slider, the "Advanced..." settings, IE6 compatibility with IE-SPYAD, and the effectiveness of various strategies for controlling cookies in IE6. Included at various stops along the way are a generous helping of screenshots, lists, and diagrams, as well as successive versions of R2's detailed tables, which outline the various Privacy tab slider options. An essential primer in IE6's new Privacy options, this thread concludes with R2's first custom XML Import file.

 

DSLR - "IE6 does not handle cookies the same"
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,1462205;root=security,1;mode=flat;start=0

The second major thread devoted to IE6, this one concentrates much more exclusively on custom XML Import files and how to use them to configure IE6's handling of cookies in the Internet and Trusted zones.

 

"P3P & Internet Explorer 6.0 Privacy Info"
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/info2.htm

This is a page of links to information about Internet Explorer 6.0 and P3P standards. Included are over 30 links to all the major documents from Microsoft and the W3C, as well as various critiques of IE6 and P3P from organizations like Junkbusters and EPIC (some of them quite harsh).

 

"Internet Privacy w/ IE6 & P3P: A Summary of Findings"
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/ie6-p3p.htm

This page grew out of the first major DSLR thread and contains the results of a series of trials conducted with IE6 using different combinations of Security and Privacy configurations. This page offers an analysis that sorts through the trial results and summarizes the effects of various IE6 options on cookie handling. It concludes with a set of recommendations for those interested in protecting their privacy with IE6.

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