Safe?

edanto · 2008-09-25 19:50:57

Just a thought - after a system crash, Firefox offered to Restore Previous session. I don't know much about web security, but I guess it must have saved some cookies or something and probably not passwords - any simple question is are there any security implications of firefox holding that data though a system reboot that…

25-09-2008 07:50PM

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Just a thought - after a system crash, Firefox offered to Restore Previous session. I don't know much about web security, but I guess it must have saved some cookies or something and probably not passwords - any simple question is are there any security implications of firefox holding that data though a system reboot that a browser exploit could take advantage of?

(and potentially masquerade as you with a parallel open session with all your cookies from a different IP)

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#2 28-09-2008 05:03PM

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You can configure FF in order to clear all cookies/personal data when closed.
With regards to stored passwords, they are only stored if you specificaly decide to store them and click OK when asked.

Now how it works during a system crash, I do not know, I would assume they are cleared when the browser starts again, but I never tested.

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