by File » Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:12 pm
Just in case anyone is interested I figure this out
uBlock Origin supports hosts file "style" IP re-mapping
Peter Lowe’s Ad and tracking server list for uBlock Origin contains a number a Ad sites which are re-mapped 127.0.0.1 one is googletagservices.com
When one of these re-mapped sites is allowed via NoScript it is redirected to 127.0.0.1
Therefore any requests to that url look to Waterfox like they are coming from the local machine, which causes NoScript to put file:// in its list of blocked domains. Why this doesn't happen in Firefox with the latest NoScript I am not sure
Just in case anyone is interested I figure this out
uBlock Origin supports hosts file "style" IP re-mapping
Peter Lowe’s Ad and tracking server list for uBlock Origin contains a number a Ad sites which are re-mapped 127.0.0.1 one is googletagservices.com
When one of these re-mapped sites is allowed via NoScript it is redirected to 127.0.0.1
Therefore any requests to that url look to Waterfox like they are coming from the local machine, which causes NoScript to put file:// in its list of blocked domains. Why this doesn't happen in Firefox with the latest NoScript I am not sure