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Security- Browsers

Page address: http://www.mnsu.edu/busoff/gary_urban/mavmac/security/browsers/index.html

FireFox

mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

FireFox (1.5.0.x) Menu Preferences;

  • General tab -
    • Location (type in where you want your default web page)
  • Privacy tab (in addition to what is checked or unchecked by default) -
    • History (0 days),
    • Saved Form Information (uncheck),
    • Saved Passwords (uncheck remember..),
    • Download Manager History (Upon successful download),
    • Cache (0kb)

FireFox (2.0/3.0) Menu Preferences;

  • Main tab -
    • Location (type in where you want your default web page)
  • Privacy tab (in addition to what is checked or unchecked by default) -
    • uncheck; Remember visited pages... (0 days),
    • uncheck remember what I enter in forms...
    • uncheck remember what I've downloaded
    • Accecpt cookies from sites; keep until I close Firefox
  • Security tab (in addition to what is checked or unchecked by default) -
    • uncheck remember passwords for sites
  • Advanced tab (in addition to what is checked or unchecked by default) -
    • Network tab
      • cache; use up to 0MB of space...
  • Add-ons

Safari

apple.com/safari

  • Safari Menu; select block pop-up windows
  • Safari Menu; Preferences; General tab (your homepage), Autofill (uncheck all), Tabs (enable), uncheck Open "Safe" files after downloading
  • with Safari - also run fromt the Safari menu; Reset Safari and also Empty Cache every so often