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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-06 01:12:14 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-06 01:12:14 +0000 |
| commit | 982972c2aada53f83389987317fb6cbee9ce5a91 (patch) | |
| tree | 25420c3b905b2e00f02a895d877fd0669025ee35 /lynx_help/keystrokes/cookie_help.html | |
| parent | Initial commit. (diff) | |
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Adding upstream version 2.8.9rel.1.upstream/2.8.9rel.1upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/lynx_help/keystrokes/cookie_help.html b/lynx_help/keystrokes/cookie_help.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7ec6088 --- /dev/null +++ b/lynx_help/keystrokes/cookie_help.html @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +<!-- $LynxId: cookie_help.html,v 1.11 2017/04/28 21:32:43 tom Exp $ --> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> + +<html> +<head> + <meta name="generator" content= + "HTML Tidy for Linux (vers 25 March 2009), see www.w3.org"> + + <title>Help on the Cookie Jar Page</title> + <link rev="made" href="mailto:lynx-dev@nongnu.org"> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content= + "text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <meta name="description" content= + "Lynx provides a page show shows information about all of the unexpired cookies, including their fully qualified domain name, expiration time and name/value pairs."> + </head> + +<body> + <div class="nav"> + <ul> + <li><a href="#overview">Overview</a></li> + + <li><a href="#showing_cookies">Cookie Details Shown</a></li> + + <li><a href="#removing_cookies">Removing Cookies</a></li> + </ul> + </div> + + <h2><a name="overview" id="overview">Overview</a></h2> + + <p><strong>Lynx</strong>'s <em>Cookie Jar Page</em> displays all + of the unexpired cookies you have accumulated in the hypothetical + <em>Cookie Jar</em>. The cookies are obtained via + <em>Set-Cookie</em> MIME headers in replies from http servers, + and are used for <a href="../Lynx_users_guide.html#Cookies">State + Management</a> across successive requests to the servers.</p> + + <p>The cookies are listed by <em>domain</em> (server's Fully + Qualified Domain Name, or site-identifying portion of the FQDN), + and in order of decreasing specificity (number of slash-separated + symbolic elements in the <em>path</em> attribute of the cookie). + When <strong>Lynx</strong> sends requests to an http server whose + address tail-matches a <em>domain</em> in the <em>Cookie + Jar</em>, all its cookies with a <em>path</em> which head-matches + the path in the URL for that request are included as a + <em>Cookie</em> MIME header. The “allow” setting for + accepting cookies from each domain (always, never, or via prompt) + also is indicated in the listing.</p> + + <h2><a name="showing_cookies" id="showing_cookies">Cookie Details + Shown</a></h2> + + <p>The listing also shows the <em>port</em> (normally 80) of the + URL for the request which caused the cookie to be sent, and + whether the <em>secure</em> flag is set for the cookie, in which + case it will be sent only via secure connections (presently, only + SSL). The <em>Maximum Gobble Date</em>, i.e., when the cookie is + intended to expire, also is indicated. Also, a server may change + the expiration date, or cause the cookie to be deleted, in its + replies to subsequent requests from <strong>Lynx</strong>. If the + server included any explanatory comments in its + <em>Set-Cookie</em> MIME headers, those also are displayed in the + listing.</p> + + <h2><a name="removing_cookies" id="removing_cookies">Removing + Cookies</a></h2> + + <p>The <em>domain</em>=value pairs, and each cookie's name=value, + are links in the listing. Activating a <em>domain</em>=value link + will invoke a prompt asking whether all cookies in that + <em>domain</em> should be <em>Gobbled</em> (deleted from the + <em>Cookie Jar</em>), and/or whether the <em>domain</em> entry + should be <em>Gobbled</em> if all of its cookies have been + <em>Gobbled</em>, or whether to change the “allow” + setting for that <em>domain</em>. Activating a cookie's + name=value link will cause that particular cookie to be + <em>Gobbled</em>. You will be prompted for confirmations of + deletions, to avoid any accidental <em>Gobbling</em>.</p> +</body> +</html> |