diff --git a/user.js b/user.js index 20e9382..cf925fa 100644 --- a/user.js +++ b/user.js @@ -1240,13 +1240,15 @@ user_pref("security.block_script_with_wrong_mime", true); // WARNING: SVG is fairly common (~15% of the top 10K sites), so will cause some breakage // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1216893 user_pref("svg.disabled", true); -// 2672: eliminate possible spoofing security risk by forcing Punycode for Internationalized Domain Names - SECURITY - // Firefox has *some* protections to mitigate the risk, but better safe than sorry - // downside: will also display legitimate IDN's punycoded, which might be undesirable for users from countries with non-latin alphabets +// 2672: force Punycode for Internationalized Domain Names to eliminate possible spoofing security risk. + // Firefox has *some* protections to mitigate the risk, but it is better to be safe than sorry. + // The downside: it will also display legitimate IDN's punycoded, which might be undesirable for + // users from countries with non-latin alphabets + // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.IDN_show_punycode // https://wiki.mozilla.org/IDN_Display_Algorithm // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDN_homograph_attack - // CVE-2017-5383 -> https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/ -user_pref("network.IDN_show_punycode", true); // default in FF51: false + // CVE-2017-5383: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/ +user_pref("network.IDN_show_punycode", true); /*** 2698: FIRST PARTY ISOLATION (FPI) ***/ // 2698a: enable first party isolation pref and OriginAttribute (FF51+)