On 8/6/26 01:07, Tim via users wrote:
Tim:
Even without plug-ins, Firefox has some content-checking features built
into it.
Eyal:
I use a proxy (privoxy) that block any Firefox/Mozilla connections
when I notice them.
I was thinking more along the lines of it's feature for doing checks
for malicious sites. It may be looking up the addresses of any links
you hover over.
I'd recommend going through its settings (the normal ones, for a
start). Then maybe some of the hidden from normal sight things in
about:config (search for prefetch in them, maybe search for preview,
too, perhaps disable some of them)
Done so. I still see some "timed out resolving" errors, and I assume
that more look-ups were done without error.
Also look for "preload" options in about:config, too.
It's bad enough that you load some webpage, and it wants to database
[trimmed]
I clearly touched a nerve, and I understand it well.
I started logging port 53 access, as well as external access to port 53
(shorter, easier to read).
I hide access for known sites (things my scripts do, thunderbird, etc.)
Naturally, ANY unexpected external access is something to explore.
It is time consuming.
Note: in opposition to the subject line, I do not see such activity now. I do
not know why I saw it before?
One thing I saw so far is FF connecting to 191.144.160.34 and I see many
mentions of people failing to block these.
These seem to be for
.bc.googleusercontent.com
.cdn.mozilla.net
and this is made first thing when FF starts.
Keeping everything quiet, I see over 30 name look-ups when FF starts, and 6
actual URL connections
to the well known 191.144.160.34.bc.googleusercontent.com, then 2 to
199.232.137.91.
This is in safe-mode (so no add-ons) with no external tabs open.
I will log and check for a period now.
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