For passwords we have finally agreed that enforcing frequent changes was a bad
idea. Because the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. It‘s time to talk
about expiring certificates.
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What do you mean with new profile per install?
Will the version number become part of the name of the profile directory?
Or will it do the same guid-madness that already causes Windows to forget
Firefox as default-browser with each update?
Will Firefox compare on each start its version with the o
Am 01.10.2019 um 23:00 schrieb Mike Kaply:
We're also making a change so 64 bit Firefox installs in the same
directory as 32 bit (which is causing the new profiles).
Oh, no!
You just learned the hard way that not following rules causes problems.
Now instead of fixing the underlying bug you wan
People abandon Firefox because it is incompatible with more and more web pages,
not because the way it looks.
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> On 15. Mar 2021, at 18:26, Paul Kosinski via Enterprise
> wrote:
>
> I do not store my browser bookmarks or configuration on *any* cloud server,
> as I don't think that any give me the privacy (or security) that I want. And
> I'm sure that some enterprises (given that it's called ESR, afte
Am 10.12.2015 um 16:40 schrieb Eric Periard:
Security is not an option in your organization?
Nobody wants a secure computer. Your computers are not secure either.
Because computers are only secure if all cables are unplugged.
A computer which allows work to be done is always a compromise.
F
Am 10.12.2015 um 16:38 schrieb Sylvestre Ledru :
> We took a mitigation fix for the Java VM plugin crash (
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1221448 ).
> It should be in 38.5 (planned next week).
The bugreport now says that the fix came too late for 38.5._
whoops, sorry, misread it. It says:
"Too last minute for 43, but I'm glad this made it to 44."
38 not mentioned. hopefully its in.
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Am 14.12.2015 um 14:37 schrieb James Pearson:
Could you (or anyone else) explain what 'service workers' are - and the
implications (if any) for ESR users if they are disabled?
As far as I understand it, it is intended to help services like Google
Docs to behave even more like a locally running
Am 01.02.2016 um 09:08 schrieb Timo Pietilä:
Reset profile??
I was not aware of that "feature" at all. When was that introduced, and
what does that do exactly?
A possibility to reset the profile existed since version 13.
It became a problem in version 29 when Mozilla added a function to check
> Am 01.02.2016 um 16:32 schrieb Tanstaafl :
>
> The same argument can be made for support for Apple's walled garden
> app-store.
And by the way Apple DOES allow corporate users to self-sign apps, and deploy
them directly to their devices.
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The download link which provides Firefox 44.0.2 to Windows 7 delivers
instead 43.0.1 if accessed from Windows XP.
The download link which provides Thunderbird 38.6 to Windows 7 delivers
instead 38.5 if accessed from Windows XP.
https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-44.0.2-SSL&os=win&l
> Am 16.03.2016 um 21:17 schrieb Bradstream, George
> :
>
> Hello All,
> I have done all the configuration & checked the permission settings on these
> files on the mac.
> They are in the correct locations but Firefox still runs as if it has no
> configuration file
Two ideas:
Firefox silentl
On 30.03.2016 at 19:39 Gerard Pittman wrote:
I have configured Firefox with the following preference in
"Mozilla.cfg" and deployed it. When launching FireFox it starts
then immediately stops with no message. Can anyone see something that
is preventing it from launching?
Here it works. The err
One solution could be to disable the automatic update of the blocklist
of Firefox. Then Firefox does not know that flash is outdated.
Am 19.04.2016 um 00:08 schrieb Wolf, Daniel:
If deploying updates to computers is beyond your organization’s abilities,
here’s the administration guide for Flas
> On 29.04.2016 at 03:14 Paul Kosinski wrote:
>
> But clever students can probably still find a way around it using Tor
> or similar.
Activate AppLocker or Software Restriction Policy to prevent them from running
unapproved software. But this is not a trivial task. It does break some
whitelis
On 17.05.2016 at 08:48 heiko.hel...@horiba.com wrote:
Are you silently serving different binaries depending on the OS used to
download?
I thought those downloads are for administrators to use them for
intranet distribution. How would a dependency on the OS used to download
make sense?
The be
And use the new new official name archive instead of ftp. Mozilla
announced a few months ago that at some point in the future the name ftp
might go away.
Am 18.05.2016 um 06:02 schrieb Reed Loden:
Please update your scripts to use https://, such as
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/
Hi,
The Firefox installer grants firewall permissions to Firefox.exe by
adding it in the registy to
HLKM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List
This is probably needed for incoming connections to hello, for push
notifi
Same here. All these prompts are a nuisance, and this one is the worst.
You can set pref("browser.disableResetPrompt", true) to get rid of it.
On 16.06.2016 at 18:21 James M. Pulver wrote:
I'm getting it personally every time I start Firefox ESR even if I have
clicked the little x.
James Pulver
// allow unsigned Add-ons
// http://www.ghacks.net/2016/08/14/override-firefox-add-on-signing-requirement/
try {
Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIProvider.jsm", {})
.eval("SIGNED_TYPES.clear()");
}
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Am 13.09.2016 um 21:56 schrieb Crawford, Roger:
Trying to package ESR 45.3 into a SCCM 2012 package, have that all
functional and installs like a breeze – on a machine with no install
or lower than 45. Higher than 45 it sees the newer version and calls
itself successful due to versioning and bail
Am 14.09.2016 um 13:48 schrieb Crawford, Roger:
but realistically the public releases are
almost always numerically higher than the ESR ones, ie: the upcoming
ESR is 45.4 where the upcoming public release is 49, so numerically
it will always be seen as a downgrade even if waiting for the next
rel
Am 21.09.2016 um 08:56 schrieb Jaroslav Uher:
Link on page https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
for my localization (czech) point to
https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-45.4.0esr-SSL&os=win&lang=cs
, but after clicking i get "Firefox Setup 38.5.1esr.exe" from
htt
Am 01.10.2016 um 13:42 schrieb "Andrew J. Buehler":
> I've been receiving duplicate mails again for the past several days
I received dozends of duplicates today
> Does anyone within earshot (including perhaps the Mozilla people) have
> any way to contact someone at Google who might be able to loo
Am 04.10.2016 um 10:08 schrieb William Spratt:
The issue is that the first attempt is consistently failing,
intermittently uninstalling 45.3, but not installing 45.4; then
clicking retry in Software Centre results in successful installation
100% of the time.
This is probably a race condition. T
Am 10.10.2016 um 16:40 schrieb Hunziker, Jonas M (Henderson):
The fix was to create a Firefox uninstall package in SCCM that waits
10 seconds after the uninstall has been triggered.
The problem with this fix is that sometimes a PC may be slow and take
more than 10 seconds for the uninstall. Th
Am 25.01.2017 um 09:57 schrieb William Spratt:
Rather than just the bookmarks, we set-up the user's whole Firefox profile on a
network drive
We would love to do this as well.
But I wonder what happens when the same user is logged in on more than
one PC.
Can concurrent access destroy some o
Am 08.03.2017 um 09:14 schrieb Filip Rydlo:
Can I enable JAVA plugin in the v52 x64 version of *Firefox ESR*?
No. The 64 bit version supports only two NPAPI plugins:
Flash and Silverlight.
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Am 08.03.2017 um 11:39 schrieb William Spratt:
Java is an NPAPI plug-in. v52esr (both 64bit and 32-bit) is dropping
support for all but Flash NPAPI plug-ins, due to the security issues.
No, version 52-ESR will continue to support NPAPI plugins.
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It's difficult. Here is how I currently understand it:
52.0-RR: Plugins except Flash disabled, others can be manually enabled.
52.1-RR: Plugins except Flash disabled.
52.x-ESR 32bit: Plugins enabled.
52.x-ESR 64bit: only Flash and Silverlight enabled.
The preference plugin.load_flash_only allows
Am 09.03.2017 um 14:52 schrieb Kaply Consulting:
Did you mean 53?
yes
corrected version:
52-RR: Plugins except Flash disabled, others can be manually enabled.
53-RR: Plugins except Flash disabled.
52.x-ESR 32bit: Plugins enabled.
52.x-ESR 64bit: only Flash and Silverlight enabled.
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So far we have talked only about plugins, but there is more:
Firefox 52 ist the last version that supports
- MacOS 32bit
- Windows Vista
- Windows XP
- Plugins based on NPAPI other than Flash
If you need any of those for some more months, and are currently using
Rapid Release, you have 6 weeks
Am 09.03.2017 um 17:01 schrieb Prasad Barve:
We are using an Oracle application which uses Java. The recommended
browser is 45.2.0 ESR. Now that Java will not be supported after 52.0
ESR release as well.
Mozilla plans to support this kind of plugins in the ESR version for the
full lifetime of
Version 52 is not just the last before a major feature break, it
is also an unusual ESR in that it differs from the simultaneously
release RR in several aspects.
There is so much to say that I collected all what I currently know in a
blog post:
https://www.klaus-hartnegg.de/gpo/firefox52.htm
I scanned all release notes from 46 to 52 for changes that I regard
potentially interesting for admins and helpdesk people.
You do not need to reinvent that wheel because I took notes and put them
here:
https://www.klaus-hartnegg.de/gpo/firefox_changes.html?52
(not yet nicely formatted, becau
Am 09.03.2017 um 23:48 schrieb Kaply Consulting:
You might also mention that this is the last ESR that will support non
WebExtensions addons.
added. thanks for the note!
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Am 10.03.2017 um 15:49 schrieb Renda, Brian - Technology & Product
Engineering :
I read in some notes that FireFox 52esr will not be supported on older
MacOS 10.8.x or less (if I remember correctly). Is it just not
supported but “may” work as in use at your own risk? Or will it not
even install
Am 10.03.2017 um 16:48 schrieb Klaus Hartnegg:
Am 10.03.2017 um 15:49 schrieb Renda, Brian - Technology & Product
Engineering :
I read in some notes that FireFox 52esr will not be supported on older
MacOS 10.8.x or less (if I remember correctly). Is it just not
supported but “may” work a
Am 10.03.2017 um 23:09 schrieb Warren Sanders:
Are there any need to mention TLS changes/differences
coming in the future?
Where can I find more info about that?
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Am 15.03.2017 um 11:21 schrieb Shweta Gujral Arora:
Hello,
I just received an email that Firefox is ending support for plug-ins. I
used to execute tests by the help of Firefox plugin Selenium IDE and its
associated Firefox plugin Favorite.
I would appreciate if you could please answer my querie
Am 15.03.2017 um 13:08 schrieb Austin Brashear:
NPAPI plugins and XUL addons have each been on notice for over a year.
Mozilla first announced deprecation for plugins in October 2015[1] and
for XUL addons in August 2015[2]. Developers have had plenty of time to
fix their software to not require p
Am 15.03.2017 um 12:47 schrieb Klaus Hartnegg:
Log story short: everybody should immediately switch to ESR.
Switching to ESR should be done NOW, on version 52. Not later when
add-ons stop working. Because Mozilla guarantees only compatibility in
one direction: Firefox 52 ESR can read user
On 23.03.2017 at 12:46 sai krishna wrote:
In Mozilla Firefox v52 I cannot use VM console using VMRC tool(not sure
if this is because of NPAPI Plugins deprecation)
This is probably a plugin.
Try with "plugin.load_flash_only" set to false.
If that works: switch to version 52-ESR, which still allo
Am 10.04.2017 um 11:00 schrieb Alain:
We need to open firefox in more than one session.
Up to now, we use MULTIFOX. Not possible with latest version.
Container Tab is avalable only with Nigtly version. When in esr version ?
Anyone have a solution?
Are these both just nicer GUIs for the profile
Translation:
Q: Firefox on Terminalserver?
A: Yes
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Am 01.12.2017 um 18:16 schrieb "Robben, John" :
> Our biggest issue is the initial startup “hang.” Website (home page) fails to
> load for some minutes, and overall performance is sluggish.
>
Is proxy detection set to auto, eventhough you do not have a proxy anymore? Try
turning that off.
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Am 20.12.2017 um 15:07 schrieb Kaply Consulting:
Are you saying we’ll do something similar with “configuration.json”, and that this will replace the two files we
currently use? And that eventually we’ll be able to set these via GPO,
and so won’t need to deploy “configuration.json”?
Yes, that
mozilla.cfg must be in the firefox program directory, not in the defaults/prefs
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Howto not document a new feature:
The new Wiki page
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/EnterprisePolicies
only points to
https://developer.mozilla.org/Firefox/Enterprise_deployment
which only points to
https://support.mozilla.org/products/firefox-enterprise
which points to different places, amon
> On 29. May 2018, at 17:33, Mike Kaply wrote:
>
> I will also point out that this is an open source project and anyone is free
> to help with the documentation.
The problem with this is that nobody except the developers know the new
features.
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I have a few suggestions:
The page
https://support.mozilla.org/kb/customizing-firefox-using-policiesjson
should contain info about
- Windows
- Group Policy
- interaction between mozilla.cfg, policies.json, and Group Policy
- future plans (will ESR receive updates to this?)
- where to send suggest
On 28. Jun 2018, at 01:18, Jason Jackson wrote:
> It’d be nice if there was a guide for all these hidden updates and telemetry.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-automatically-making-connections
https://www.ghacks.net/2014/06/02/block-automatic-connections-firefox-makes/
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