Mozilla Firefox

Discussion in 'other software & services' started by Hadron, Aug 27, 2016.

  1. xxJackxx

    xxJackxx Registered Member

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    Pretty much my understanding. I think it was mostly done to stop antivirus vendors from making the browser unstable with their modules.
     
  2. Rasheed187

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    Yes this is my point, so before you can actually block this DLL, it should first be loaded, which means it's indeed not really a good anti-malware protection method. For example, a banking trojan could plunder your account and after the damage is done you could block it from loading once again in browser memory. But now that I think of it, if it can block HMPA's DLL, it might as well be designed to block untrusted DLL's in real time? Because apparently it does have the technical capabilty to do this, even from an advanced tool like HMPA.
     
  3. zmechys

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    Just a question.

    If I am using a VPN app that "Encrypts your communications and website traffic for your security and privacy," how important is to have that Secure (encrypted) SNI?
     
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  5. zmechys

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    To summarize it.
    With a (good) VPN everything is encrypted; therefore, you don't need that encrypted SNI, unless...
    Unless, you can't trust your VPN.
     
  6. Hadron

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    How long has this been here for?

    Mozilla Firefox - New Tab To Right 02 Cropped & Arrow.png
     
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  8. Hadron

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    Thanks. So, it's only new.
    I was pretty sure that I hadn't seen it before. I never saw it mentioned in the change log.
     
  9. Stupendous Man

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    Perhaps it was too insignificant to mention in the change log?
    Searching for Firefox "New Tab to Right", I find no relevant information.
    To me, it seems as if the earlier "New Tab" option in the tab context menu was simply renamed to "New Tab to Right". Open a new tab to the right was what the "New Tab" option always did. Perhaps someone felt the need to rename it to make clear that is what it does: open a new tab to the right. Not left, above, or below.
     
  10. Hadron

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    Yes, I searched for it too, but couldn't find anything.

    You're probably right about it being too insignificant.
     
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