Holy Firefox Sqlite!!!

[Anton Rolls]

Anton Rolls wrote:
> Bruce Marshall wrote:
>> Anyone notice that in your:
>>
>> ~/.mozilla/firefox/vdt4357z.default 
>>
>> Directory there is a file(s) that start with:
>>
>> urlclassifier3.sqlite   (various names)
>>
>> Some of these files are huge (like 53mb)
>>
>> I deleted them all on a whim the other day and within a day the above file 
>> came back at   53mb.
>>
>> I really don't think these things are necessary....  i.e.  why in heck are 
>> they so big and what are they doing with them?
>>
>> Anyone have a clue?
> 
> I have a file, only 5MB
> 
> 	5519360  2008-06-23 23:44  urlclassifier2.sqlite
> 
> Looking inside, I see some urls and lots of zero bytes.
> Using gzip -9, the file compresses down to 26% of of
> its full size.

It appears to be full of encrypted urls using an
expired protocol, uggc://.

https://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/draft-farah-uggc-protocol/