[gentoo-user] Re: cookie_monster

[James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>]

Walter Dnes <waltdnes <at> waltdnes.org> writes:


> emerge sqlite

Yea, I should have been more clear. Already had sqlite installed
and quite a few apps are using it...

> 
>   If you want a GUI rather than command-line, try
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sqlite-manager/

I'll have to look at this one. I went ahead and installed:
dev-db/sqlitebrowser


>   You also mentioned "flash cookies" in passing.  They're a totally
> different animal.  They're files that reside in directories ~/.adobe and
> ~/.macromedia.  The way to kill them is to remove the directories and
> create dummy files with the same names, so that Flash can't create the
> directories.  Here's a short script...

Only those (2) apps have flash cookies?
Flashcookies are new issues for me.
What the heck are they being used by these apps?
Just to avoid detection and removal? 

If so, it seems somebody would create and add_on to
deal with this crap or include this "cleansing" via
an establish security script......?

> #!/bin/bash
> rm -rf ~/.adobe
> touch ~/.adobe
> rm -rf ~/.macromedia
> touch ~/.macromedia

OK, good explanation.

>   The only problem is that certain sites won't play videos without those
> directories being present (e.g. video highlights at http://nhl.com ).  I
> handle them with the following script...

> #!/bin/bash
> rm -rf ~/.adobe
> rm -rf ~/.macromedia
> sleep 20
> rm -rf ~/.adobe
> touch ~/.adobe
> rm -rf ~/.macromedia
> touch ~/.macromedia

>   I launch the script from a terminal, and then immediately click on the
> video link in my browser.  This gets the videos going, and keeps them
> going until they finish.


Nice strategy.
Thanks!