Wednesday, January 13, 2010

firefox args

I've been using browser profiles to create different browser configurations and here's how I did it on my IronKey.

Install FireFoxPortable
Create a file called sf.bat and put it in the root of the secure volume.
In that file put the following line:

./[path to portable firefox]/firefox.exe --no-remote -P

Then create a shortcut in the Ironkey Control Panel for sf.bat

Now you can launch portable firefox with the options you want from the IKCP, and choose which profile you want to create/use.

You can have separate profiles custom configured for:
- research
- a specific proxy
- secure sessions
- public tor
- online banking
- etc...

For the really paranoid:
- Add the ProfilePassword add-on and you can password protect your profiles.
- Add the FEBE add-on to back up your extensions.
- Back up (zip/bz2/7z) your Profiles directory.