Internet Explorer offers an extremely rich set of options for controlling cookies . The default settings are fairly well-balanced, but some users may want to introduce more restrictive or specialized controls. To configure cookie settings in IE, click Tools > Internet Options . Click the Privacy...

The HTTPS protocol allows a secure server to request that the client verify their identity with a client certificate during the initial secure handshake. By presenting a client certificate, the browser helps further defeat man-in-the-middle attacks and authenticates to the web server more securely than...

By default, when starting a new session using IE8's InPrivate Browsing feature, toolbars and Browser Helper Objects are disabled. This is done to help protect the user's privacy: many toolbars and extensions maintain their own navigation/search/etc history lists, and such lists could violate the user...

Background One of the interesting attacks which makes the rounds every few years concerns the ability of web pages to use CSS to detect whether or not certain URLs have been visited. Given a sufficiently large set of URLs to probe, a website may be able to develop an interesting profile of where your...

Another question from the audience today: Q: I like IE8's InPrivate Browsing feature , but I'm worried that it won't let me see what my kids are up to. Can I prevent them from using it? A: Yes. When you enable the Windows Parental Controls feature, or use the Windows Live family safety tool, Internet...