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=== Current Capabilities ===  
=== Current Capabilities ===  
*  
* Accepting cookies
** Exceptions
** Show cookies/cookie manager
** Discard when quitting


=== Upcoming Capabilities ===  
=== Upcoming Capabilities ===  
*


=== Features by 3rd parties or other browsers ===  
=== Features by 3rd parties or other browsers ===  
*  
* Accept cookies only from the current site (OmniWeb)
* Block/prompt/accept third-party cookies (IE)


=== Additional features ===  
=== Additional features ===  
*
 


=== Screenshots ===
=== Screenshots ===
 
[[image:CookieIE.PNG]]
<b> "site:" lets you use google to search a specific site: </b>
 
[[Image:SBsiteGoogle.jpg]]
 
<b> Safari SnapBack button takes you back to search results: </b>
 
[[Image:SBsnapbackSafari.JPG]]


=== Conclusions ===
=== Conclusions ===
* Outside of privacy concerns, cookie security concerns lie in cross-site scripting
** One site can gain unauthorized access to another site's cookies through flaws in the website.  Is this something the browser can prevent?

Latest revision as of 00:24, 8 August 2007

« Comparative Feature Analyses
« Security Notes
« Security Research


Current Capabilities

  • Accepting cookies
    • Exceptions
    • Show cookies/cookie manager
    • Discard when quitting

Upcoming Capabilities

Features by 3rd parties or other browsers

  • Accept cookies only from the current site (OmniWeb)
  • Block/prompt/accept third-party cookies (IE)

Additional features

Screenshots

CookieIE.PNG

Conclusions

  • Outside of privacy concerns, cookie security concerns lie in cross-site scripting
    • One site can gain unauthorized access to another site's cookies through flaws in the website. Is this something the browser can prevent?