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FAQ
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@ -87,8 +87,10 @@ A: When it comes to checking there are three types of URLs:
Q: Are Cookies insecure?
A: Yes. Cookies can store your IP. After storing, the cookies are sent out
to the server on request. So if you use the -C, --cookies option you
should know what you are doing!
But Cookies are only stored in memory. After LinkChecker finishes, they
are deleted and will be lost.
A: Cookies can not store more information as is in the HTTP request itself,
so you are not giving away any more system information.
After storing however, the cookies are sent out to the server on request.
Not to every server, but only to the one who the cookie originated from!
This could be used to "track" subsequent requests to this server.
Cookies are only stored in memory. After LinkChecker finishes, they
are lost. So the tracking is restricted to the checking time.

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linkchecker
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@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ For single-letter option arguments the space is not a necessity. So
-a, --anchors
Check HTTP anchor references. Default is don't check anchors.
-C, --cookies
Accept and send HTTP cookies according to RFC 2109. See the
FAQ for security-related questions about cookies.
Sent or accepted cookies are provided as additional logging
Accept and send HTTP cookies according to RFC 2109. Only cookies
which are sent back to the originating server are accepted.
Sent and accepted cookies are provided as additional logging
information.
-d, --denyallow
Swap checking order to extern/intern. Default checking order

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setup.py
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@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ o restriction of link checking with regular expression filters for URLs
o proxy support
o username/password authorization for HTTP and FTP
o robots.txt exclusion protocol support
o Cookie support
o i18n support
o a command line interface
o a (Fast)CGI web interface (requires HTTP server)