Re: Browser security problems - Safari

["Vaughn, Randal L." <Randy_Vaughn () BAYLOR EDU>]

Stop Safari
Open Terminal.  Type
defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1

start Safari

Use the Debug Menu |Show Caches Window
Disable Webcore caches

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a HTTP Pragma:no-cache header might be useful.

Regards,
R. L. Vaughn
 



-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Discussion Group Listserv on behalf of Matt Grayson
Sent: Mon 3/1/2004 2:48 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Browser security problems - Safari
 
On Mar 1, 2004, at 3:35 PM, Patrick, Stephen wrote:

> We provide extensive information and access to our systems using web 
> products. 
>
> We have a policy that we must certify browsers before we allow them to 
> be used to access our data.  Furthermore, we require that we can "turn 
> off" caching before we certify a browser.
>
> We have been unable to figure out a way to turn off caching in Safari. 
>
> Has anyone run into this problem before?

I don't think there's a way to turn off caching in Safari itself. There 
are a couple of external add-ons that can turn it off (Safari Enhancer, 
for one).

Or you can delete the Safari folder in ~/Library/Caches, then via the 
Terminal run the command  "touch ~/Library/Caches/Safari" - this will 
prevent the Safari cache folder from being recreated.

matt

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