Firefox describes their malware posture at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-does-phishing-and-malware-protection-work which heavily leverages Google SafeBrowsing, as do many a browser. Settings for SafeBrowsing are set in the browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled pref. To lock this pref, you would need to create an autoconfig.js file in /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/Resources/defaults/pref that points to a firefox.cfg file with a lock pref in it. To do so, create the autoconfig.js file and paste in these settings: // Configure SafeBrowsing pref("general.config.filename", "firefox.cfg"); pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0); Then create the firefox.cfg file and paste in these settings: // Configuring SafeBrowsing lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled", TRUE) Live Firefox preferences can be seen at /Users/charles.edge 1/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/*.default. Because SafeBrowsing is enabled by default, you shouldn’t see it listed unless it’s been disabled. But you can confirm it’s doing its…
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Package Manager Like apt-get For Windows 10
In Windows 10, Microsoft has finally baked a package manager called OneGet into Windows. It works similarly to apt-get and other package managers that have been around for decades in the Linux world; just works in PowerShell, rather than bash. So let’s take a quick peak. First, import it as a module from a PowerShell prompt: Import-Module -Name OneGet Next, use Get-Command to see the options for the OneGet Module: Get-Command -Module OneGet This will show you the following options: Find-Package Get-Package Get-PackageProvider Get-PackageSource Install-Package Register-PackageSource Save-Package Set-PackageSource Uninstall-Package Unregister-PackageSource Next, look at the repositories of package sources you have: Get-PackageSource You can then add a repo to look at,…
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Access Qlogic Switches & Other Java Apps From OS X
Qlogic fibre channel switches are about the most common I see in Xsan environments. A common frustration when managing a Qlogic switch is that the Java runtime used to manage the switch is blocked from most OS X systems by default. But it’s pretty easy to get into them with a couple of minor adjustments. To get started, first download and install the latest Java from here. Once installed, open System Preferences on your Mac and then open the Java Preferences. Here, click on the Security tab. Click Edit Site List… In the pop-up, click Add and enter http:// followed by the name or IP address of your switch. Click…
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Deploying and Managing Firefox Part 2: Working with Munki
A special thanks to Nick McSpadden for his third submission to krypted.com. With all the new changes in OS X/Server I haven’t even had time to write as many in such a span!!! This is a follow up post to the Firefox Management guide. Knowing how to use the CCK to manage Firefox, the next big question is: how do we get this into Munki? It’s unfortunately not as cut and paste as we’d hope, because, with all things, Firefox tends to make us do a bit of work to get what we want from it. Importing Firefox 10.0.10 ESR (current version as of writing time) into Munki is easy. You…
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Deploying and Managing Firefox: The Rough Guide
Another Great Article Submitted From Nick McSpadden: After working with this for a bit, I’ve come up with a step by step installation process for Firefox 10 ESR + CCK deployment on Mac OS. Firefox CCK Guide – Part I Most of the information about add-ons that you’ll need is in Mike Kaply’s blog: Integrating Add-ons into Firefox 1) Install CCK Wizard in Firefox 10 ESR 2) Run and configure CCK Wizard the way you want 3) Save the CCK data into a “CCK” folder anywhere you’d like. This folder will contain: cck.config cck.xpi xpi/ directory 4) When done, open up CCK/xpi.config 5) Copy the contents of the id=<name> key…
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My Top 10 List of Firefox Add-ons
Here is a quick list of my favorite 10 Firefox Add-ons: AdBlock Plus – Block annoying advertisements AppTabs – Allows you to shrink your Firefox tabs by right-clicking on them and clicking on AppTab, showing just the address bar icon (favicon) of the site. BabelFish – Automatically translate pages you visit. Better Gmail – Useful add-ons specifically geared to Gmail users. ColorfulTabs – Allows you to assign a color to a tab. Firebug – Edit CSS, HTML, JavaScript, etc. GreaseMonkey – Customize how pages appear to you. ShortURL Generator – Shorten URLs without going to a special page. SiteDelta – Get informed when your favorite sites change. Xmarks – Synchronizes…
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Sync Bookmarks Between IE, Firefox & Safari
If you are a Safari user and you have a MobileMe account then you can already synchronize Safari bookmarks between multiple Macintosh computers. But what if you want to synchronize to that corporate sanctioned Windows XP machine in the office that runs only Internet Explorer? What if you also want to synchronize to Firefox, running on another machine? All three can synchronize together in one harmonious bookmarking ménage à trois. How is all of this made possible?Xmarks. Formerly Foxmarks, Xmarks now supports more browsers and runs on more platforms. You store a backup of your bookmarks in the Xmarks cloud (which, yes, means that you’ll need to create an account) and then you…
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Man Pages in Safari or Firefox
BWANA! Once installed just type man:chmod, or man:sudo and the man page will be displayed in safari. The links work as well. It even has a search bar at the top. http://www.bruji.com/bwana/
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Firefox: How Many Times I Have I Gone to that Site?
Hit Apple-I on any page and then click on the security tab. Right there in the Privacy and History section there it is. IMHO Not very private.