about:global in Netscape

[Kyle Harriss]

Bill,

Regarding the url history you get by typing in about:global.  If you don't
want to have that history sitting on your computer, you can <delete> the
file called netscape.hst.  

On my PC (running Netscape 3 under Win95), it is in the directory:
c:\Program Files\Netscape\Navigator.

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Kyle Harriss				kharriss at d.umn.edu
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On Wed, 12 Mar 1997, Wilfred Drew wrote:

> I got this "tip" from Tip World published via e-mail by PC World.
> 
> GLOBAL SLEUTHING
> 
> Don't remember the URL of a site you visited two weeks ago? Want to find
> out what your unsuspecting children do when                          
> they use your system? You can find out where your browser has been in
> the past month by typing about:global in the                           
> address book. The resulting page may be saved by selecting File, Save
> As, so you can hold it as evidence -- or just keep                     
> referring to it in the future. 
> 
> Why does Netscpae put such items into their program?  That would mena if
> I left my machine on in my office, someone could come in and see where I
> have been surfing.  Where is this information stored?  Is it in a
> separate file?
> 
> --
> Wilfred Drew (Call me "Bill") Systems Librarian (also reference)