Comments on: Use a Ramdisk to increase Firefox security http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/ A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:50:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: shaun Hollingworthhttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/comment-page-1/#comment-1345057 shaun Hollingworth Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:39:47 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/#comment-1345057 Those using ramdisks for the storage of sensitive data should be aware that some ramdisk designs will use memory which is capable of being exchanged to the swapfile contents. A ramdisk designed for such data should use none pagable kernel memory so the contents can never be swapped out to disk, and not easily explored by user mode programs. They can't be too large as such kernel memory can be precious and some versions of Windows will not allocate too much of it in one chunk and I would expect such a ramdisk to have maximum size limitations whereas the one in this article does not appear to. Those using ramdisks for the storage of sensitive data should be aware that some ramdisk designs will use memory which is capable of being exchanged to the swapfile contents.

A ramdisk designed for such data should use none pagable kernel memory so the contents can never be swapped out to disk, and not easily explored by user mode programs. They can’t be too large as such kernel memory can be precious and some versions of Windows will not allocate too much of it in one chunk and I would expect such a ramdisk to have maximum size limitations whereas the one in this article does not appear to.

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]]> By: Midnighthttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/comment-page-1/#comment-1294764 Midnight Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:04:30 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/#comment-1294764 Actually, the Cache will be deleted once you shut down Firefox! Just noticed that, now! Firefox loads much faster and performs much better since installing RamDisk and moving the FF Temp stuff over! Actually, the Cache will be deleted once you shut down Firefox!
Just noticed that, now!

Firefox loads much faster and performs much better since installing RamDisk and moving the FF Temp stuff over!

]]> By: Move your Firefox cache to a ramdisk and speed up your day | The Tech Notebook – My Take on Techhttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/comment-page-1/#comment-1293412 Move your Firefox cache to a ramdisk and speed up your day | The Tech Notebook – My Take on Tech Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:44:43 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/#comment-1293412 [...] I had to figure out how to get Firefox to use it.  I found this article which covered how to configure Firefox and I was off and [...] [...] I had to figure out how to get Firefox to use it.  I found this article which covered how to configure Firefox and I was off and [...]

]]> By: ProsperousOnehttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/comment-page-1/#comment-983113 ProsperousOne Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:38:16 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/#comment-983113 I've tried doing this using Dataram RAMDisk, but nothing is getting written to my Ram disk. I'm not saving the RAMDisk Image, as I don't want to slow down the bootup or shutdown time and I want to delete the cash on each reboot. Unfortunately, nothing is getting written in to the my Ramdisk Cache directory (G:\FF_Cache), even after shutting down firefox and rebooting. I've added the "browser.cache.disk.parent_directory" to firefox, and tried all of the following as the string values with no luck: G:\FF_Cache\ G:\\FF_Cache\\ G:\FF_Cache G:\\FF_Cache Any other suggestions? thx! I’ve tried doing this using Dataram RAMDisk, but nothing is getting written to my Ram disk.

I’m not saving the RAMDisk Image, as I don’t want to slow down the bootup or shutdown time and I want to delete the cash on each reboot.

Unfortunately, nothing is getting written in to the my Ramdisk Cache directory (G:\FF_Cache), even after shutting down firefox and rebooting.

I’ve added the “browser.cache.disk.parent_directory” to firefox, and tried all of the following as the string values with no luck:

G:\FF_Cache\
G:\\FF_Cache\\
G:\FF_Cache
G:\\FF_Cache

Any other suggestions?

thx!

]]> By: Brianhttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/comment-page-1/#comment-817896 Brian Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:37:09 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/#comment-817896 My RamDisk has defaulted to FAT 16 file system. Can this be changed to NTFS? Have read a previous list of instructions which are not very easy to follow. My RamDisk has defaulted to FAT 16 file system. Can this be changed to NTFS? Have read a previous list of instructions which are not very easy to follow.

]]> By: solnyshokhttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/comment-page-1/#comment-777063 solnyshok Fri, 08 May 2009 23:14:05 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/#comment-777063 for x64 ramdisk there is a solution described here http://www.sevenforums.com/software/3117-i-cant-install-cenatek-ramdisk.html it works for me under windows 7 x64. if you follow the instruction there, please notice that RamdiskVE.exe (the configuration utility) will report error creating ramdisk but after reboot you will have a ramdisk with your parameters. for x64 ramdisk there is a solution described here http://www.sevenforums.com/software/3117-i-cant-install-cenatek-ramdisk.html

it works for me under windows 7 x64. if you follow the instruction there, please notice that RamdiskVE.exe (the configuration utility) will report error creating ramdisk but after reboot you will have a ramdisk with your parameters.

]]> By: paranoidhttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/comment-page-1/#comment-501363 paranoid Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:55:07 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/#comment-501363 And if you want to be really paranoid, you can take your newly created harddrive and encrypt it with open source TrueCrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org) :P And if you want to be really paranoid, you can take your newly created harddrive and encrypt it with open source TrueCrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org) :P

]]> By: nicohttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/comment-page-1/#comment-471123 nico Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:07:09 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/#comment-471123 It doesn't work with Xp64, do you have à 64bits version It doesn’t work with Xp64, do you have à 64bits version

]]> By: Onederhttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/comment-page-1/#comment-414659 Oneder Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:16:54 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/#comment-414659 Been playing with the ramdisk and I think it can actually compliment Sandboxie in setting Sandboxie's storage folder as the ramdrive. Using the ramdisk does seem to speed things up while Sandboxie provides excellent security. There is no need to change FF's cache path as Sandboxie caches everything into the ramdisk. Been playing with the ramdisk and I think it can actually compliment Sandboxie in setting Sandboxie’s storage folder as the ramdrive.

Using the ramdisk does seem to speed things up while Sandboxie provides excellent security.

There is no need to change FF’s cache path as Sandboxie caches everything into the ramdisk.

]]> By: Redhttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/comment-page-1/#comment-302697 Red Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:41:46 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/#comment-302697 Why would you bother with the ramdisk - why not disable the browser.cache.disk ,this would force firefox to store the cache in ram . that is how protable firefox does it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Firefox,_Portable_Edition http://technicaltricks.blogspot.com/2008/02/optimize-firefox-reduce-memory-leakage.html Why would you bother with the ramdisk – why not disable the browser.cache.disk ,this would force firefox to store the cache in ram . that is how protable firefox does it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Firefox,_Portable_Edition
http://technicaltricks.blogspot.com/2008/02/optimize-firefox-reduce-memory-leakage.html

]]> By: Gobbas Crap » Anonymize your surfing by storing cache on ram-disc.http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/comment-page-1/#comment-284782 Gobbas Crap » Anonymize your surfing by storing cache on ram-disc. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:14:30 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/#comment-284782 [...] The guide is here!  Posted by gobba under geek stuff, security [...] [...] The guide is here!  Posted by gobba under geek stuff, security [...]

]]> By: Chad Habergoodhttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/comment-page-1/#comment-270301 Chad Habergood Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:21:40 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/#comment-270301 In light of this, in ram disc ain't so secure... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/technology/22chip.html In light of this, in ram disc ain’t so secure…
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/technology/22chip.html

]]> By: Leonidhttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/comment-page-1/#comment-240175 Leonid Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:03:11 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/#comment-240175 My goal was to capture video file in cache 45 minutes long and 90 MB size. The file in cache named 45FD74EDd01 was growing to 65520 MB and stopped growing at this size. I coped it to other folder, renamed by adding ".flv" and could see part of video only. How can I increase this file to e.g. 100 MB? What command in about:config? My goal was to capture video file in cache 45 minutes long and 90 MB size. The file in cache named 45FD74EDd01 was growing to 65520 MB and stopped growing at this size. I coped it to other folder, renamed by adding “.flv” and could see part of video only.
How can I increase this file to e.g. 100 MB? What command in about:config?

]]> By: Peterhttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/comment-page-1/#comment-225484 Peter Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:16:08 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/#comment-225484 Try putting FireFox Portable (www.portableapps.com) on the RAM-drive . Man, does that speed up load-times .. Try putting FireFox Portable
(www.portableapps.com) on the RAM-drive .
Man, does that speed up load-times ..

]]> By: Chris Leeshttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/comment-page-1/#comment-221972 Chris Lees Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:05:53 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/#comment-221972 512 megabytes of RAM being set aside for the Firefox cache is ridiculously huge. Why have most of it sitting aside doing when it could be unallocated and being used for system cache (making the whole computer faster)? 50 megabytes is all you need. The cache is there for storing HTML and images that you download within the course of your web browsing, so even 50 megabytes is generous. 512 megabytes of RAM being set aside for the Firefox cache is ridiculously huge. Why have most of it sitting aside doing when it could be unallocated and being used for system cache (making the whole computer faster)?

50 megabytes is all you need. The cache is there for storing HTML and images that you download within the course of your web browsing, so even 50 megabytes is generous.

]]> By: 使用一个Ramdisk来增加Firefox的安全 » Ghacks CNhttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/comment-page-1/#comment-220350 使用一个Ramdisk来增加Firefox的安全 » Ghacks CN Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:21:47 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/#comment-220350 [...] 原文链接。 [...] [...] 原文链接。 [...]

]]> By: Dantehttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/comment-page-1/#comment-218362 Dante Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:25:34 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/#comment-218362 Just took a look at Sandboxie. Interesting. But ramdisks are inherently safer. It permanently goes away into thin air. It never touch the harddisk at all. I used to use ramdisks to play CIV I back in the old days. MIS never caught on :) Just took a look at Sandboxie. Interesting. But ramdisks are inherently safer. It permanently goes away into thin air. It never touch the harddisk at all. I used to use ramdisks to play CIV I back in the old days. MIS never caught on :)

]]> By: Dantehttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/comment-page-1/#comment-218360 Dante Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:22:54 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/12/14/use-a-ramdisk-to-increase-firefox-security/#comment-218360 The link worked fine with me. But hey, thanks for reminding me. I used to use ramdisks. Than the harddisk requirements got too large and I forgot all about ramdisks. Now ram is getting up to 4 gigs, time to use ramdisks again. The link worked fine with me. But hey, thanks for reminding me. I used to use ramdisks. Than the harddisk requirements got too large and I forgot all about ramdisks. Now ram is getting up to 4 gigs, time to use ramdisks again.

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