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erasing visit to site, possible?

Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:50 pm
by tsr
Hi,

I'm developing a site that might be controversial* to some people and I need my users to be able to erase there visit at the site, is there any way to accomplish this with ECMA/Java/J-Script (considering a bunch of browsers, or should I just write instructions on how to erase it for them selves?

I know I can erase the history, but what about cookies (that will only be set for the session if the user logs in - which is not required), stored urls, images, etc?

/Tomas

* It's a site with information for young wo/men who are having difficulties with their families and need help, the controversial part would be getting caught by said parents/other relatives viewing this kind of content.

Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:40 pm
by timvw
Define "erase their visit at the site".

Eg: Your ISP is probably required to keep a log of visisted addresses. Imho the best solution is to teach your users how to use their user-agent.

Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:50 pm
by josh
You can have all the cookies persist only in memory like PHP's default session cookie, from what I understand though internet explorer keeps a permanent hidden history in some kind of registry files even when the history is cleard, there is no way to hide your tracks 100% online. One thing you could do to help though is install SSL which will encrypt transactions between the client and the webserver

Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:43 am
by R4000
Or advise them to only use this at public terminals?
Librarys, schools, ect.

Then the chances of being caught are about NONE.