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2 quick questions

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:43 am
by noscriptguest
Hi,

I started using Firefox NoScript looked really good, so I got it.

Ok, so in Preferences -> Content in Firefox, there is the option to "Enable JavaScript" and "Enable Java", so are we supposed to have those boxes checked or unchecked? (By default I had them checked, so if they were supposed to be unchecked, would that mess up anything?"

My last question is, in the FAQ it says that there are websites in the default whitelist, which are:

chrome:
about:xyz
addons.mozilla.org
noscript.net, flashgot.net, informaction.com, maone.net
gmail.com and google.com
hotmail.com, live.com, microsoft.com, msn.com, passport.com, passport.net, passportimages.net
yahoo.com, yimg.com
googlesyndication.com

However, my whitelist just shows these:

about:
about:certerror
about:config
about:neterror
about:plugings
about:privatebrowsing
about:sessionrestore
chrome:
resource:

I have the latest version of NoScript, and I can add those, but I was just wondering why my whitelist was like that.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Re: 2 quick questions

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 2:08 am
by GµårÐïåñ
First question, depends on what you want to block.
Second question, about:xyz means about:<everything> therefore everything that appears after the about: is the xyz.

Re: 2 quick questions

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 2:13 am
by therube
In the browser itself, you want to leave (both) JavaScript & Java (assuming you have Java installed) enabled.
If they were not, then you have globally disabled them, leaving NoScript with nothing to do (relating to those two).

The FAQ may be outdated as to the domains Allowed by default?

If you do a Reset (backup first if you need to), does your whitelist change?

Looks like a Reset should set these (or close to it):

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pref("noscript.mandatory", "chrome: about: about:config about:neterror about:certerror about:plugins about:privatebrowsing about:sessionrestore resource:");
pref("noscript.default", "about:blank about:credits addons.mozilla.org flashgot.net google.com gstatic.com googlesyndication.com informaction.com yahoo.com yimg.com maone.net noscript.net hotmail.com msn.com passport.com passport.net passportimages.com live.com");

Re: 2 quick questions

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:26 am
by noscriptguest
Thanks for all your help, both of you :)

therube, yeah, the Reset did make my whitelist look like your example there.

Re: 2 quick questions

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:09 am
by Giorgio Maone
Ouch, the default whitelist doesn't get installed anymore since 1.9.6, as a regression of the multibyte temporary allow / mark as untrusted bug fix :(
Fixed in 1.9.6.9.
Thanks for noticing.

Re: 2 quick questions

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:56 am
by GµårÐïåñ
Giorgio Maone wrote:Ouch, the default whitelist doesn't get installed anymore since 1.9.6, as a regression of the multibyte temporary allow / mark as untrusted bug fix :(
Fixed in 1.9.6.9.
Thanks for noticing.
Giorgio, heads up the link seems dead

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Not Found

The requested URL /download/releases/noscript-1.9.6.9.xpi was not found on this server.

Re: 2 quick questions

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:26 am
by Giorgio Maone
Fixed, thanks!

Re: 2 quick questions

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:56 am
by GµårÐïåñ
Giorgio Maone wrote:Fixed, thanks!
Glad to help, it works and I downloaded and installed it already.