Re: [xml-dev] Re: Cookies at XML Europe 2004 -- Call for Particip ation

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Simon St.Laurent <>
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Date
2004-01-06T03:53:41Z
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Re: [xml-dev] Re: Cookies at XML Europe 2004 -- Call for Particip ation
 (Robert Koberg) writes:
>> In a truly individualized situation all that's needed are URLs of the 
>>form http://www.example.com/page.html?username=elharo
>
>Does your bank do this? If so, which bank do you use?
>In other words, do you care if someone who knows or guesses your 
>username can access your individualized situation?

I wish my bank offered this, yes.  Given the ID they assigned, the
password is the only thing strongly protecting the account.

I can live with public IDs - none of my usernames are hard to guess, so
they're visible doors.  Without the key, the password, the door is
meaningless.

Can we get back to XML please?  I wrote a book on XML and a book on
Cookies, but I don't think they mix very well.