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Mozilla Firefox supports DNS prefetching, as of version 3.5. [9]Google Chrome supports prefetching of linked web content by "prerendering", as of version 11. [10]Internet Explorer supports prefetching of IP addresses by "DNS prefetching", as of version 9.
If you would like to keep your data in your cache and test Wikipedia with an empty cache, you can use Private Browsing mode. To disable caching in Firefox (not recommended for most users): Choose Tools Options… (or Edit Preferences in the Linux version). Choose "Advanced" at the top. Choose the "Network" tab. Change the cache size to 0 (zero).
Select the browser for which you wish to disable the AutoComplete feature: Internet Explorer 7.0 and higher; Internet Explorer 6.0; Mozilla Firefox; Google Chrome; To disable the AutoComplete feature on Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 and higher: 1. Open Internet Explorer. 2. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options. 3.
On Linux, Google Chrome/Chromium can store passwords in three ways: GNOME Keyring, KWallet or plain text. Google Chrome/Chromium chooses which store to use automatically, based on the desktop environment in use. [143] Passwords stored in GNOME Keyring or KWallet are encrypted on disk, and access to them is controlled by dedicated daemon software.
DNS over HTTPS (DoH) is a protocol for performing remote Domain Name System (DNS) resolution via the HTTPS protocol. A goal of the method is to increase user privacy and security by preventing eavesdropping and manipulation of DNS data by man-in-the-middle attacks [1] by using the HTTPS protocol to encrypt the data between the DoH client and the DoH-based DNS resolver. [2]
Google's chairman, Eric Schmidt, is quoted saying "I would be very, very careful if I were a government about arbitrarily [implementing] simple solutions to complex problems" in reference to DNS blocking and the PIPA bill. [6] Experts claim that users could get around DNS blocking by using foreign search engines and foreign DNS servers.
The Web Proxy Auto-Discovery (WPAD) Protocol is a method used by clients to locate the URL of a configuration file using DHCP and/or DNS discovery methods. Once detection and download of the configuration file is complete, it can be executed to determine the proxy for a specified URL.
DNS over TLS (DoT) is a network security protocol for encrypting and wrapping Domain Name System (DNS) queries and answers via the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. The goal of the method is to increase user privacy and security by preventing eavesdropping and manipulation of DNS data via man-in-the-middle attacks .