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RE: Firefox configurations





> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 20:16:33 +0100
> From: davidlusthof@xxxxxxxxx
> To: or-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Firefox configurations
>
> On 02/06/2010 07:11 PM, downie - wrote:
> >
> >> browser.safebrowsing.enabled false This feels to me as >though it should be true.
> >
> >
> >> extensions.blocklist.url delete value SHOULD I?
> >
> > This
> > is about checking every URL your browser loads against a blacklist (phish,malware etc)
> > stored on Mozilla/Google's server. Even if that check goes via Tor, do
> > you want that information sent? If not, leave as disabled.
> >
> > GD
> >
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>
> That's not true, it downloads a list of blacklisted extentions/plugins
> from a Mozilla server. This is how Mozilla disabled the .Net extention
> when Microsoft didn't release a patch for the Firefox extention.

I assume you are just correcting me on extensions.blocklist.url ? I was thinking of
browser.safebrowsing.provider.0.lookupURL so I was wrong in that respect.
GD


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