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| + | This manual is not maintained by JonDos. Please address possible questions to the forum, or users editing this page (see history), not the support of JonDos. | ||
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| + | = Firefox manual settings = | ||
== Proxy Settings == | == Proxy Settings == | ||
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[[Image:Firefox901proxy.png]] | [[Image:Firefox901proxy.png]] | ||
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| + | == Firefox Tweaks == | ||
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| + | '''Local / Web / DOM storage''' | ||
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| + | Enabled by default, should be disabled: type "about:config", confirm warning, and set "dom.storage.enabled" to "false". | ||
== Plugins == | == Plugins == | ||
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=== PDF === | === PDF === | ||
| − | Don't use a PDF plugin, download the file and view it separately outside of the context of the browser, or use an online converter | + | Don't use a PDF plugin, download the file and view it separately outside of the context of the browser, or use an online converter. |
| − | + | Open Source PDF viewers for various operating systems can be found at [http://www.pdfreaders.org/index.de.html PDFreaders.org]. | |
| − | + | Recommended PDF viewers: SumatraPDF (Windows only), MUPDF, XPDF (GUI viewer only Linux). | |
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| + | [http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html Sumatra PDF] | ||
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| + | [http://mupdf.com/ MUPDF] | ||
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| + | == Security related addons for Firefox Browser == | ||
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| + | === MD5 Reborned Hasher === | ||
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| + | Download: [https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/md5-reborned-hasher MD5 Reborned Hasher 0.9.0] | ||
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| + | Allows to check MD2, MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA384 and SHA512 values of downloaded files. | ||
Revision as of 15:35, 14 July 2012
Main Page (en) Alternative browser configuration (en)
This manual is not maintained by JonDos. Please address possible questions to the forum, or users editing this page (see history), not the support of JonDos.
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Firefox manual settings
Proxy Settings
Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Network -> Settings -> set "Manual proxy configuration" , 127.0.0.1 , 4001 , "Use this proxy server for all protocols".
Firefox Tweaks
Local / Web / DOM storage
Enabled by default, should be disabled: type "about:config", confirm warning, and set "dom.storage.enabled" to "false".
Plugins
Since version 3.6.14, Firefox uses a plugin-container - this is a security feature, a crashed plugin will not crash the browser, but it doesn't really help with privacy.
Tools -> Add-ons (connects to the Internet)
Java
Since version 3.6, there is no more an "Enable Java" checkbox, Java is just a plugin like any other one and can be controlled in the plugin list. By default Firefox (like other browsers) will use Java found on the system, so after installing JonDo, you have to disable Java in Firefox. The other and probably safer way to block Java is to install JonDo as "portable" - in that case Firefox (like other browsers) will simply not find the Java used by JonDo (there should be no other Java on the system).
Don't use a PDF plugin, download the file and view it separately outside of the context of the browser, or use an online converter.
Open Source PDF viewers for various operating systems can be found at PDFreaders.org.
Recommended PDF viewers: SumatraPDF (Windows only), MUPDF, XPDF (GUI viewer only Linux).
MD5 Reborned Hasher
Download: MD5 Reborned Hasher 0.9.0
Allows to check MD2, MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA384 and SHA512 values of downloaded files.
