[PLUG] script to make my laptop 'safe' for int'l travel?

Paul Mullen pm at nellump.net
Sun Feb 17 20:05:10 UTC 2008


On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 10:51:07AM -0800, Kurt Sussman wrote:
> Is there a handy single script to wipe my browser(s) history, clear
> cookies, encrypt saved passwords, wipe my swap file, etc. in preparation

If you're using Firefox, it has a handy "Clear Private Data" feature
at the bottom of the "Tools" menu.

> I still want a script to clean everything up...

If you're really paranoid, "rm -fr ~/.mozilla" should do the trick.
That would wipe out everything related to your Mozilla/Firefox usage,
including bookmarks, etc.

-- 
Paul



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