214039 - Allow temporary suspension of cookie sites list

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: Networking: Cookies, enhancement)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030516 Mozilla Firebird/0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030516 Mozilla Firebird/0.6

I want to be able to temporarily suspend cookie filtration according to the
black/whitelist, so that every cookie request brings up the "accept/block
cookie" dialog.

Here's why I want this feature.  I go to a site for the first time; it tries to
give me a cookie; being a little paranoid, I reject the cookie and block the
site.  A little while later, I come to like the site, and try to create a user
account.  But because I'm blocking cookies, I can't log in.  Then I have to go
to the cookie sites list and remove all URL's that look like they might be the
one trying to place my login cookie.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to a big commercial website.
2. Block its cookies.
3. Create a user account.
4. Try to log in.
5. Experience frustration.

Comment 1

[Jo Hermans]

Related: bug 200873, although it's exactly the opposite, since it asks for
temporary blocking, while previously accepted cookies would still work.

See also : bug 192176, bug 75915.

Comment 2

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

as you can now remove permissions on the current site directly from
Tools->Cookie Manager, this is no longer needed for the reason you described. 
(Yes, there is a bug with domainwalking, but that will be fixed in this cycle.)

-> WONTFIX