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Individual Risk Management (Personal IT Security) and Browser Cache Management
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Mod Comment Original post from this thread on browser caching.


To add to this, it is an effective security measure to clear absolutely all cached data (cookies, web content, ....) when closing the browser - i.e. in case of a shutdown. It takes a bit of work to re-login to all the sites but websites will not be able to identify you personally across sessions.

Also notice that some websites use information about your window size to identify you. This is why it is unwise to have maximized browser windows. Use fixed-size windows (like the for instance the TOR-browser does) instead which you should resize only in case you trust the website shown in this window.

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volmgt_running

volmgt_running(3VOLMGT) 				Volume Management Library Functions				   volmgt_running(3VOLMGT)

NAME

       volmgt_running - return whether or not volume management is running

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lvolmgt [ library ... ]
       #include <volmgt.h>

       int volmgt_running(void);

DESCRIPTION

       This  function  is obsolete. The management of removable media by the Volume Management feature, including vold, has been replaced by soft-
       ware that supports the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL). Programmatic support for HAL is through the HAL APIs, which are documented on  the
       HAL web site. See hal(5).

       volmgt_running() tells whether or not Volume Management is running.

RETURN VALUES

       volmgt_running() always returns 0 indicating Volume Management (as implemented by vold) is not running.

ERRORS

       volmgt_running() will fail, returning 0, if a stat(2) or open(2) of /dev/volctl fails, or if any of the following is true:

       ENXIO	Volume Management is not running.

       EINTR	An interrupt signal was detected while checking to see if Volume Management was running.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1 Using volmgt_running()

       To see if Volume Management is running:

	 if (volmgt_running() != 0) {
		 (void) printf("Volume Management is running
");
	 } else {
		 (void) printf("Volume Management is NOT running
");
	 }

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |MT-Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Obsolete			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       cc(1B), open(2), stat(2), volmgt_check(3VOLMGT), volmgt_inuse(3VOLMGT), attributes(5), hal(5)

NOTES

       Volume Management must be running for many of the Volume Management library routines to work.

SunOS 5.11							    8 Mar 2007						   volmgt_running(3VOLMGT)