Urlclassifier.updatecachemax

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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is urlclassifier.updatecachemax.

This article describes the preference urlclassifier.updatecachemax. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

1 Background
2 Possible values and their effects
3 First checked in
4 Has an effect in
5 Related bugs
6 Related preferences
7 External links

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Background

Firefox incorporates the Google Safe Browsing extension in its own Phishing Protection feature to detect and warn users of phishy web sites.

In Linux, the periodic updates for the blacklist caused significant amounts of disk activity due to index and cache sizes for the underlying SQLite database. This preference controls a maximum cache size for SQLite that cuts down on the amount of disk activity required during an update.

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