{"id":31,"date":"2005-07-13T23:04:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-14T06:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ilias.ca\/blog\/?p=31"},"modified":"2019-03-18T20:29:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T00:29:45","slug":"xpi-blocking-whitelist-in-the-mozilla-application-suite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilias.ca\/blog\/2005\/07\/xpi-blocking-whitelist-in-the-mozilla-application-suite\/","title":{"rendered":"XPI blocking whitelist in the Mozilla Application Suite"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMany people don’t know this, but the XPI<\/acronym> blocking feature in Firefox<\/a> is also in the Mozilla Application Suite<\/a>, starting at version 1.7 and up. They just couldn’t get a user interface for it, on time for Mozilla 1.7.<\/p>\n

By default, the “Enable Software Installation<\/a>” setting will not block anything. Simply unchecking it, will turn XPI<\/acronym> installing off all together.<\/p>\n

To enable software installation, but but only for certain sites, you first need to enter about:config<\/a> in the browser location bar, then search for the preference xpinstall.whitelist.required<\/span>, and set it to true.
\nBy default, there is one site on the whitelist: update.mozilla.org<\/a>. To add a site to the list, use about:config to look for the pref xpinstall.whitelist.add<\/span>, double click on it (or right-click on it, and select ‘Modify’). Set the value to the domain you want to add. For example: ilias.ca<\/p>\n

To remove an entry from the whilelist, you’ll have to close down Mozilla, go to your profile folder<\/a>, and manually remove the entry from the file hostperm.1.<\/p>\n

Related bugzilla items: 240552<\/a>, 270170<\/a>, 246131<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many people don’t know this, but the XPI blocking feature in Firefox is also in the Mozilla Application Suite, starting at version 1.7 and up. They just couldn’t get a user interface for it, on time for Mozilla 1.7. By… <\/p>\n

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