[ale] [OT] info on x10 browser popups

Adrin haswes at mindspring.com
Fri Mar 29 22:17:23 EST 2002


Yeah, But as I have read some place.  Now you have
registered yourself.  And they can just pass you off to
someone else.

Why not just make a rule in ipchains or iptables that blocks
that address.

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Hopkins [mailto:hne at hopnet.net]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 10:24 PM
To: Geoffrey; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] info on x10 browser popups

Geoffrey wrote:
> I bitched at x10 because of their popup ads and received
the following
> response.  Note at the bottom, he indicates you can turn
off their
> popups.  I've not tried this, but figured I'd share the
info....
>

So, the first link says to the sencond link:
http://www.x10.com/home/optout.cgi?DAY=30&PAGE=http://www.x1
0.com/x10ads1.htm

Which sets a cookie which expires Mon 29 Apr 2002.


Why can't I just paste that into my browser, and change
DAY=30 to DAY=32767?

Low and behold, I get a cookie that expires Tue 19 Jan 2038.
:-)

--
Lost in Tokyo,
   Keith
     Jack of All Trades, Anarchist



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