Firefox is a Web browser that is smaller, faster, and in some ways more secure than the Netscape browser from which much of its code was derived.
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Do I have to harden IE if I'm only using Firefox?
Assume a Windows 7 system (probably whatever home version comes with the machine), with the latest OS patches, latest IE and latest Firefox. Also assume that the user uses only Firefox for browsing, ...
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Is this a security flaw in Firefox 18.0?
I had a couple of .mht files which opened in IE, a browser I never use. I renamed their extension to .HTML to run it in Firefox. When I opened the file in Firefox, Firefox created new tabs endlessly. ...
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Restore session in Firefox
Restore session in Firefox
What does this mean, is it related to the session concept which is stored on the web server?
If I stop the computer with my web-app, and then start it again before the ...
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FireFox's restore previous session restores logins authenticated by server's sessions
In a website I'm building when I login, close FireFox, open FireFox and try to go to the website again I must login again (as expected) BUT if I select "Restore Previous Session" I am logged in again. ...
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What security risks does Firefox 19's built-in PDF reader (pdf.js) bring?
Firefox 19 ships with pdf.js as the default PDF reader.
One of the main stated goals is to reduce the exposure of users to the often vulnerable Adobe PDF reader/plugin.
So what new risks does pdf.js ...
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Error code: sec_error_untrusted_issuer
I need help with a security issue concerning this code that has just been popping up recently as I visit my favorite websites. Based on some past history I KNOW something is not right, and I am not ...
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Firefox pre-downloading
I've found out that if you download a file with Firefox, a similar window as this one pops up (in dutch in my case):
("Bestand opslaan" = "Save file")
However, the file is already being ...
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Retrieving saved password from Firefox on Linux [closed]
I know there are ways to get the cookies from browsers in Windows and retrieve and decrypt saved passwords from them. Is there a similar way to do so on CentOS?
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Is it possible to block third party cookies but allow them when they are first party?
I have been using Cookie Monster in Firefox for a while now to great satisfaction. However, I haven't found a way to allow cookies like Google's on Google's services but block them when I visit other ...
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Can webpages recognize that I saved my password?
If you save your logins in Firefox, username and password are auto-filled-in in corresponding webpages as soon as you visit them (if you have more than 1 account saved, you'd have to select a username ...
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HOWTO : Email encryption in a browser
I have read about encryption and I think it's a good idea for me to encrypt my email. I run ubuntu 12.10 and use Firefox for browsing.
In my quest for learning how to use gmail/hotmail to send and ...
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Modifiy Webbrowser User Agent to what? [closed]
I originally have this useragent (normal DesktopPC):
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux i686; rv:16.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/16.0
but if I usually modifiy it to:
New -> String
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Why firefox shows some connections are not secure?
I am using internet by connecting mobile phone to my laptop using usb. From yesterday,my browser (firefox) shows for all most all website. Why this happen? How can i solve this?
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Should I use a Firefox master password or NTFS encrypt my profile?
As a follow-up to another question, is the encryption via Firefox' master password more secure than simply NTFS encrypting the profile folder? I.e. is there a convincing reason to add the ...
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How does Firefox securely store my SSL certificate?
I'm currently testing a free personal SSL certificate (S/MIME client / authentication) from https://www.startssl.com, which installed directly into Firefox. Now when I store backup, I have to enter a ...
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How securely use Firefox Add-on to prevent steal data?
The videos (first and second) demonstrate how a Firefox extension can collect login information used to login to websites such as Facebook.
After installing this tool/maleware as Firefox Add-on, I ...
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Do most browsers handle mixed encrypted and unencrypted content correctly?
In Google Chrome, when I go to an encrypted page that contains unencrypted content, I get the following pop-down, which allows me to either load or not load the insecure content, making a clear ...
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Firefox Flash plugin malware?
I am running firefox 11 on ubuntu 10.04 and every time I close the program it continues to run in the background. What worries me even more is that the flash plugin is also running in the background:
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FireFox Download Source
While downloading the latest version of Firefox for Mac, i took a peek at the source. The names don't look legit but i am not that familiar with how CDNs work.
I hit download multiple times and ...
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Firefox detected an invalid SSL certificate
February 14, 2012 UTC:
Yesterday, I connected to a website of a VPN provider for which Firefox 8.0.1 on Windows 7 Ultimate x86-64 stated that its' SSL certificate is invalid. I saved the received ...
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Why are there soo many HTTP connections when using Convergence?
I installed Convergence on Firefox 9.0.1:
http://convergence.io/
but... after I installed/enabled it when I visit a HTTPS only-site there are many-many HTTP traffic to the notary servers. Why? ...
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Can Tamper Data (the plugin) modify multipart requests?
I'm doing some testing on my web app with Tamper Data. I've had success with Tamper Data in the past for normal HTTP post requests, but in this particular case I want to modify a post request that ...
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Firefox Add-ons: “x” as Add-on name? [closed]
Is this normal? Why is the Add-on named "x"? - not just this one, any add-on that I want to install named "x"..
Why?
p.s.: from the https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ site
