August 2006 Archives
August 02, 2006 7:51 AM
shred-konq-cache - Shred Konqueror's http, favicons, and thumbnail
Here is some perl magic for you KDE users who wish to securely unlink the more revealing data that Konqueror caches.
Aside from shredding the http cache, this program also shreds the favicons. Now why would we want to go and shred our favicons? Only because Konqueror names each favicon after the site for which it belongs to (e.g. caustiq.esoteriq.org_nb_images_favicon.png), leaving a trail of visisted sites you may not have been aware existed. Furthermore, the 'Clear Cache' function in Konqueror's configuration dialog doesn't bother to remove these favicons.
In addition, the program also shreds the thumbnails that Konqueror generates for its image previews in file browsing mode. Shredding your sensitive images is pointless if there were thumbnails generated for those very images sitting in a hidden directory.
Download shred-konq-cache.perl.
"If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology." --Bruce Schneier