// /****************************************************************************** * user.js * * https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js * ******************************************************************************/ /****************************************************************************** * SECTION: HTML5 / APIs / DOM * ******************************************************************************/ // PREF: Disable Service Workers (disabled) // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Worker // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ServiceWorker_API // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Push_Notifications#Service_Workers // NOTICE-DISABLED: Disabling ServiceWorkers breaks functionality on some sites (Google Street View...) // NOTICE-DISABLED: Disabling ServiceWorkers breaks Firefox Sync // Unknown security implications // CVE-2016-5259, CVE-2016-2812, CVE-2016-1949, CVE-2016-5287 (fixed) //user_pref("dom.serviceWorkers.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable Web Workers (disabled) // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API/Using_web_workers // https://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_webworkers.asp // NOTICE-DISABLED: Disabling Web Workers breaks "Download as ZIP" functionality on https://mega.nz/, WhatsApp Web, upload on https://www.virustotal.com/, and probably others //user_pref("dom.workers.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable web notifications (disabled) // https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Firefox/I-can-t-find-Firefox-menu-I-m-trying-to-opt-out-of-Web-Push-and/m-p/1317495#M1006501 //user_pref("dom.webnotifications.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable DOM timing API // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Reviews/Firefox/NavigationTimingAPI // https://www.w3.org/TR/navigation-timing/#privacy user_pref("dom.enable_performance", false); // PREF: Make sure the User Timing API does not provide a new high resolution timestamp // https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16336 // https://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-user-timing-20131212/#privacy-security user_pref("dom.enable_user_timing", false); // PREF: Disable Web Audio API // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288359 // NOTICE: Web Audio API is required for Unity web player/games user_pref("dom.webaudio.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable Location-Aware Browsing (geolocation) // https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/geolocation/ user_pref("geo.enabled", false); // PREF: When geolocation is enabled, use Mozilla geolocation service instead of Google // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=689252 user_pref("geo.wifi.uri", "https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate?key=%MOZILLA_API_KEY%"); // PREF: When geolocation is enabled, don't log geolocation requests to the console user_pref("geo.wifi.logging.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable raw TCP socket support (mozTCPSocket) // https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18863 // https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-97/ // https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/B2G_OS/API/TCPSocket user_pref("dom.mozTCPSocket.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable DOM storage (disabled) // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Dom.storage.enabled // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/webstorage.html // NOTICE-DISABLED: Disabling DOM storage is known to cause`TypeError: localStorage is null` errors //user_pref("dom.storage.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable leaking network/browser connection information via Javascript // Network Information API provides general information about the system's connection type (WiFi, cellular, etc.) // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Network_Information_API // https://wicg.github.io/netinfo/#privacy-considerations // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=960426 user_pref("dom.netinfo.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable network API (Firefox < 32) // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Connection/onchange // https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#fingerprinting-defenses user_pref("dom.network.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable WebRTC entirely to prevent leaking internal IP addresses (Firefox < 42) // NOTICE: Disabling WebRTC breaks peer-to-peer file sharing tools (reep.io ...) user_pref("media.peerconnection.enabled", false); // PREF: Don't reveal your internal IP when WebRTC is enabled (Firefox >= 42) // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Media/WebRTC/Privacy // https://github.com/beefproject/beef/wiki/Module%3A-Get-Internal-IP-WebRTC user_pref("media.peerconnection.ice.default_address_only", true); // Firefox 42-51 user_pref("media.peerconnection.ice.no_host", true); // Firefox >= 52 // PREF: Disable WebRTC getUserMedia, screen sharing, audio capture, video capture // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Media/getUserMedia // https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2013/01/12/capture-local-camera-and-microphone-streams-with-getusermedia-now-enabled-in-firefox/ // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator user_pref("media.navigator.enabled", false); user_pref("media.navigator.video.enabled", false); user_pref("media.getusermedia.screensharing.enabled", false); user_pref("media.getusermedia.audiocapture.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable battery API (Firefox < 52) // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/BatteryManager // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1313580 user_pref("dom.battery.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable telephony API // https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/Security/WebTelephony user_pref("dom.telephony.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable "beacon" asynchronous HTTP transfers (used for analytics) // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/navigator.sendBeacon user_pref("beacon.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable clipboard event detection (onCut/onCopy/onPaste) via Javascript (disabled) // NOTICE-DISABLED: Disabling clipboard events breaks Ctrl+C/X/V copy/cut/paste functionaility in JS-based web applications (Google Docs...) // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Preferences/Preference_reference/dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled // user_pref("dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable "copy to clipboard" functionality via Javascript (Firefox >= 41) (disabled) // NOTICE-DISABLED: Disabling clipboard operations will break legitimate JS-based "copy to clipboard" functionality // https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/2f9f8ea4b9c3 // user_pref("dom.allow_cut_copy", false); // PREF: Disable speech recognition // https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/speech-api/raw-file/tip/speechapi.html // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechRecognition // https://wiki.mozilla.org/HTML5_Speech_API user_pref("media.webspeech.recognition.enable", false); // PREF: Disable speech synthesis // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesis user_pref("media.webspeech.synth.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable sensor API // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Sensor_API user_pref("device.sensors.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable pinging URIs specified in HTML ping= attributes // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.send_pings user_pref("browser.send_pings", false); // PREF: When browser pings are enabled, only allow pinging the same host as the origin page // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.send_pings.require_same_host user_pref("browser.send_pings.require_same_host", true); // PREF: Disable IndexedDB (disabled) // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/IndexedDB // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indexed_Database_API // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Reviews/Firefox4/IndexedDB_Security_Review // http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=13842047 // https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/8 // NOTICE-DISABLED: IndexedDB could be used for tracking purposes, but is required for some add-ons to work (notably uBlock), so is left enabled //user_pref("dom.indexedDB.enabled", false); // TODO: "Access Your Location" "Maintain Offline Storage" "Show Notifications" // PREF: Disable gamepad API to prevent USB device enumeration // https://www.w3.org/TR/gamepad/ // https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13023 user_pref("dom.gamepad.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable virtual reality devices APIs // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/36#Interfaces.2FAPIs.2FDOM // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebVR_API user_pref("dom.vr.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable vibrator API user_pref("dom.vibrator.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable resource timing API // https://www.w3.org/TR/resource-timing/#privacy-security user_pref("dom.enable_resource_timing", false); // PREF: Disable Archive API (Firefox < 54) // https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/ArchiveAPI // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1342361 user_pref("dom.archivereader.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable webGL // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebGL // https://www.contextis.com/resources/blog/webgl-new-dimension-browser-exploitation/ user_pref("webgl.disabled", true); // PREF: When webGL is enabled, use the minimum capability mode user_pref("webgl.min_capability_mode", true); // PREF: When webGL is enabled, disable webGL extensions // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGL_API#WebGL_debugging_and_testing user_pref("webgl.disable-extensions", true); // PREF: When webGL is enabled, force enabling it even when layer acceleration is not supported // https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18603 user_pref("webgl.disable-fail-if-major-performance-caveat", true); // PREF: When webGL is enabled, do not expose information about the graphics driver // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1171228 // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WEBGL_debug_renderer_info user_pref("webgl.enable-debug-renderer-info", false); // somewhat related... //user_pref("pdfjs.enableWebGL", false); // PREF: Spoof dual-core CPU // https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21675 // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1360039 user_pref("dom.maxHardwareConcurrency", 2); // PREF: Disable WebAssembly // https://webassembly.org/ // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebAssembly // https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21549 // NOTICE: WebAssembly is required for Unity web player/games user_pref("javascript.options.wasm", false); /****************************************************************************** * SECTION: Misc * ******************************************************************************/ // PREF: Disable face detection user_pref("camera.control.face_detection.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable GeoIP lookup on your address to set default search engine region // https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16254 // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections#w_geolocation-for-default-search-engine user_pref("browser.search.countryCode", "US"); user_pref("browser.search.region", "US"); user_pref("browser.search.geoip.url", ""); // PREF: Set Accept-Language HTTP header to en-US regardless of Firefox localization // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Language user_pref("intl.accept_languages", "en-US, en"); // PREF: Don't use OS values to determine locale, force using Firefox locale setting // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Intl.locale.matchOS user_pref("intl.locale.matchOS", false); // PREF: Don't use Mozilla-provided location-specific search engines user_pref("browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults", false); // PREF: Do not automatically send selection to clipboard on some Linux platforms // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Clipboard.autocopy user_pref("clipboard.autocopy", false); // PREF: Prevent leaking application locale/date format using JavaScript // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=867501 // https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/52d635f2b33d user_pref("javascript.use_us_english_locale", true); // PREF: Do not submit invalid URIs entered in the address bar to the default search engine // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keyword.enabled user_pref("keyword.enabled", false); // PREF: Don't trim HTTP off of URLs in the address bar. // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=665580 user_pref("browser.urlbar.trimURLs", false); // PREF: Don't try to guess domain names when entering an invalid domain name in URL bar // http://www-archive.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/domain-guessing.html user_pref("browser.fixup.alternate.enabled", false); // PREF: When browser.fixup.alternate.enabled is enabled, strip password from 'user:password@...' URLs // https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/290#issuecomment-303560851 user_pref("browser.fixup.hide_user_pass", true); // PREF: Send DNS request through SOCKS when SOCKS proxying is in use // https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorifyHOWTO/WebBrowsers user_pref("network.proxy.socks_remote_dns", true); // PREF: Don't monitor OS online/offline connection state // https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18945 user_pref("network.manage-offline-status", false); // PREF: Enforce Mixed Active Content Blocking // https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Protect-your-privacy/Mixed-content-blocking-in-Firefox/ta-p/10990 // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Site_Compatibility_for_Firefox_23#Non-SSL_contents_on_SSL_pages_are_blocked_by_default // https://blog.mozilla.org/tanvi/2013/04/10/mixed-content-blocking-enabled-in-firefox-23/ user_pref("security.mixed_content.block_active_content", true); // PREF: Enforce Mixed Passive Content blocking (a.k.a. Mixed Display Content) (disabled) // NOTICE-DISABLED: Enabling Mixed Display Content blocking can prevent images/styles... from loading properly when connection to the website is only partially secured // user_pref("security.mixed_content.block_display_content", true); // PREF: Disable JAR from opening Unsafe File Types // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.jar.open-unsafe-types // CIS Mozilla Firefox 24 ESR v1.0.0 - 3.7 user_pref("network.jar.open-unsafe-types", false); // CIS 2.7.4 Disable Scripting of Plugins by JavaScript // http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=153889 user_pref("security.xpconnect.plugin.unrestricted", false); // PREF: Set File URI Origin Policy // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy // CIS Mozilla Firefox 24 ESR v1.0.0 - 3.8 user_pref("security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy", true); // PREF: Disable Displaying Javascript in History URLs // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.urlbar.filter.javascript // CIS 2.3.6 user_pref("browser.urlbar.filter.javascript", true); // PREF: Disable asm.js // http://asmjs.org/ // https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-29/ // https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-50/ // https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2712 user_pref("javascript.options.asmjs", false); // PREF: Disable SVG in OpenType fonts // https://wiki.mozilla.org/SVGOpenTypeFonts // https://github.com/iSECPartners/publications/tree/master/reports/Tor%20Browser%20Bundle user_pref("gfx.font_rendering.opentype_svg.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable in-content SVG rendering (Firefox >= 53) (disabled) // NOTICE-DISABLED: Disabling SVG support breaks many UI elements on many sites // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1216893 // https://github.com/iSECPartners/publications/raw/master/reports/Tor%20Browser%20Bundle/Tor%20Browser%20Bundle%20-%20iSEC%20Deliverable%201.3.pdf#16 //user_pref("svg.disabled", true); // PREF: Disable video stats to reduce fingerprinting threat // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=654550 // https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/9#issuecomment-100468785 // https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/9#issuecomment-148922065 user_pref("media.video_stats.enabled", false); // PREF: Don't reveal build ID // Value taken from Tor Browser // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=583181 user_pref("general.buildID.override", "20100101"); user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID", "20100101"); // PREF: Don't use document specified fonts to prevent installed font enumeration (fingerprinting) // https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/395 // https://browserleaks.com/fonts // https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/120 user_pref("browser.display.use_document_fonts", 0); // PREF: Enable only whitelisted URL protocol handlers // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.protocol-handler.external-default // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.protocol-handler.warn-external-default // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.protocol-handler.expose.%28protocol%29 // https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13047883 // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167475 // https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/pull/285#issuecomment-298124005 // NOTICE: Disabling nonessential protocols breaks all interaction with custom protocols such as mailto:, irc:, magnet: ... and breaks opening third-party mail/messaging/torrent/... clients when clicking on links with these protocols // TODO: Add externally-handled protocols from Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (currently contains protocols only from Linux and Windows 7) that might pose a similar threat (see e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13044991) // TODO: Add externally-handled protocols from Mac OS X that might pose a similar threat (see e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13044991) // If you want to enable a protocol, set network.protocol-handler.expose.(protocol) to true and network.protocol-handler.external.(protocol) to: // * true, if the protocol should be handled by an external application // * false, if the protocol should be handled internally by Firefox user_pref("network.protocol-handler.warn-external-default", true); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.http", false); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.https", false); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.javascript", false); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.moz-extension", false); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.ftp", false); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.file", false); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.about", false); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.chrome", false); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.blob", false); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.data", false); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.expose-all", false); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.expose.http", true); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.expose.https", true); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.expose.javascript", true); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.expose.moz-extension", true); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.expose.ftp", true); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.expose.file", true); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.expose.about", true); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.expose.chrome", true); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.expose.blob", true); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.expose.data", true); /****************************************************************************** * SECTION: Extensions / plugins * ******************************************************************************/ // PREF: Ensure you have a security delay when installing add-ons (milliseconds) // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Disable_extension_install_delay_-_Firefox // http://www.squarefree.com/2004/07/01/race-conditions-in-security-dialogs/ user_pref("security.dialog_enable_delay", 1000); // PREF: Require signatures // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Addons/Extension_Signing //user_pref("xpinstall.signatures.required", true); // PREF: Opt-out of add-on metadata updates // https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/how-to-opt-out-of-add-on-metadata-updates/ user_pref("extensions.getAddons.cache.enabled", false); // PREF: Opt-out of themes (Persona) updates // https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Firefox/how-do-I-prevent-autoamtic-updates-in-a-50-user-environment/td-p/144287 user_pref("lightweightThemes.update.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable Flash Player NPAPI plugin // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Flash_plugin user_pref("plugin.state.flash", 0); // PREF: Disable Java NPAPI plugin user_pref("plugin.state.java", 0); // PREF: Disable sending Flash Player crash reports user_pref("dom.ipc.plugins.flash.subprocess.crashreporter.enabled", false); // PREF: When Flash crash reports are enabled, don't send the visited URL in the crash report user_pref("dom.ipc.plugins.reportCrashURL", false); // PREF: When Flash is enabled, download and use Mozilla SWF URIs blocklist // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1237198 // https://github.com/mozilla-services/shavar-plugin-blocklist user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.blockedURIs.enabled", true); // PREF: Disable Gnome Shell Integration NPAPI plugin user_pref("plugin.state.libgnome-shell-browser-plugin", 0); // PREF: Disable the bundled OpenH264 video codec (disabled) // http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=13845077&sid=28af2622e8bd8497b9113851676846b1#p13845077 //user_pref("media.gmp-provider.enabled", false); // PREF: Enable plugins click-to-play // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Click_To_Play // https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2012/10/11/click-to-play-plugins-blocklist-style/ user_pref("plugins.click_to_play", true); // PREF: Updates addons automatically // https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/how-to-turn-off-add-on-updates/ user_pref("extensions.update.enabled", true); // PREF: Enable add-on and certificate blocklists (OneCRL) from Mozilla // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Blocklisting // https://blocked.cdn.mozilla.net/ // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Extensions.blocklist.enabled // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Extensions.blocklist.url // https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/03/03/revoking-intermediate-certificates-introducing-onecrl/ // Updated at interval defined in extensions.blocklist.interval (default: 86400) user_pref("extensions.blocklist.enabled", true); user_pref("services.blocklist.update_enabled", true); // PREF: Decrease system information leakage to Mozilla blocklist update servers // https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16931 user_pref("extensions.blocklist.url", "https://blocklist.addons.mozilla.org/blocklist/3/%APP_ID%/%APP_VERSION%/"); // PREF: Disable system add-on updates (hidden & always-enabled add-ons from Mozilla) // https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/addon-manager/SystemAddons.html // https://blog.mozilla.org/data/2018/08/20/effectively-measuring-search-in-firefox/ // https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/419 // https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/AddonManager.jsm#1248-1257 // NOTICE: Disabling system add-on updates prevents Mozilla from "hotfixing" your browser to patch critical problems (one possible use case from the documentation) user_pref("extensions.systemAddon.update.enabled", false); /****************************************************************************** * SECTION: Firefox (anti-)features / components * * ******************************************************************************/ // PREF: Disable Extension recommendations (Firefox >= 65) // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/extension-recommendations user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.userprefs.cfr", false); // PREF: Trusted Recursive Resolver (DNS-over-HTTPS) (disabled) // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Trusted_Recursive_Resolver //user_pref("network.trr.mode", 0); // PREF: Disable WebIDE // https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16222 // https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Tools/WebIDE user_pref("devtools.webide.enabled", false); user_pref("devtools.webide.autoinstallADBHelper", false); user_pref("devtools.webide.autoinstallFxdtAdapters", false); // PREF: Disable remote debugging // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Remote_Debugging/Debugging_Firefox_Desktop // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Tools_Toolbox#Advanced_settings user_pref("devtools.debugger.remote-enabled", false); user_pref("devtools.chrome.enabled", false); user_pref("devtools.debugger.force-local", true); // PREF: Disable Mozilla telemetry/experiments // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/Features/Telemetry // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Privacy/Reviews/Telemetry // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Telemetry // https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/legal/privacy/firefox.html#telemetry // https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Firefox-crashes/Mozilla-Crash-Reporter/ta-p/1715 // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Reviews/Firefox6/ReviewNotes/telemetry // https://gecko.readthedocs.io/en/latest/browser/experiments/experiments/manifest.html // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Telemetry/Experiments // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1197144 // https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/toolkit/components/telemetry/telemetry/internals/preferences.html#id1 user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.unified", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled", false); user_pref("experiments.supported", false); user_pref("experiments.enabled", false); user_pref("experiments.manifest.uri", ""); // PREF: Disallow Necko to do A/B testing // https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13170 user_pref("network.allow-experiments", false); // PREF: Disable sending Firefox crash reports to Mozilla servers // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Breakpad // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Breakpad // https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/crashreporter // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=411490 // A list of submitted crash reports can be found at about:crashes user_pref("breakpad.reportURL", ""); // PREF: Disable sending reports of tab crashes to Mozilla (about:tabcrashed), don't nag user about unsent crash reports // https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/tip/browser/app/profile/firefox.js user_pref("browser.tabs.crashReporting.sendReport", false); user_pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable FlyWeb (discovery of LAN/proximity IoT devices that expose a Web interface) // https://wiki.mozilla.org/FlyWeb // https://wiki.mozilla.org/FlyWeb/Security_scenarios // https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eqLb6cGjDL9XooSYEEo7mE-zKQ-o-AuDTcEyNhfBMBM/edit // http://www.ghacks.net/2016/07/26/firefox-flyweb user_pref("dom.flyweb.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable the UITour backend // https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/19047#comment:3 user_pref("browser.uitour.enabled", false); // PREF: Enable Firefox Tracking Protection // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Tracking_protection // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tracking-protection-firefox // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tracking-protection-pbm // https://kontaxis.github.io/trackingprotectionfirefox/ // https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/how-tracking-protection-works-in-firefox/ user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.enabled", true); user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.pbmode.enabled", true); // PREF: Enable contextual identity Containers feature (Firefox >= 52) // NOTICE: Containers are not available in Private Browsing mode // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Contextual_Identity_Project/Containers user_pref("privacy.userContext.enabled", true); // PREF: Enable Firefox's anti-fingerprinting mode ("resist fingerprinting" or RFP) (Tor Uplift project) // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Tor_Uplift/Tracking // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1333933 // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Fingerprinting // NOTICE: RFP breaks some keyboard shortcuts used in certain websites (see #443) // NOTICE: RFP changes your time zone user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting", true); // PREF: disable mozAddonManager Web API [FF57+] // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1384330 // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1406795 // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1415644 // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1453988 // https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/26114 user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting.block_mozAddonManager", true); user_pref("extensions.webextensions.restrictedDomains", ""); // PREF: enable RFP letterboxing / resizing of inner window [FF67+] (disabled) // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1407366 //user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting.letterboxing", true); //user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting.letterboxing.dimensions", "800x600, 1000x1000, 1600x900"); // PREF: disable showing about:blank/maximized window as soon as possible during startup [FF60+] // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1448423 user_pref("browser.startup.blankWindow", false); // PREF: Disable the built-in PDF viewer // https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-2743 // https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/08/06/firefox-exploit-found-in-the-wild/ // https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-69/ user_pref("pdfjs.disabled", true); // PREF: Disable collection/sending of the health report (healthreport.sqlite*) // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-health-report-understand-your-browser-perf // https://gecko.readthedocs.org/en/latest/toolkit/components/telemetry/telemetry/preferences.html user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false); user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled", false); user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled", false); // "Allow Firefox to make personalized extension recommendations" user_pref("browser.discovery.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable Shield/Heartbeat/Normandy (Mozilla user rating telemetry) // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Advocacy/heartbeat // https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/19047 // https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18738 // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Shield // https://github.com/mozilla/normandy // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/shield // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1370801 user_pref("app.normandy.enabled", false); user_pref("app.normandy.api_url", ""); user_pref("extensions.shield-recipe-client.enabled", false); user_pref("app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable Firefox Hello (disabled) (Firefox < 49) // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Loop // https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Chat-and-share/Support-for-Hello-discontinued-in-Firefox-49/ta-p/37946 // NOTICE-DISABLED: Firefox Hello requires setting `media.peerconnection.enabled` and `media.getusermedia.screensharing.enabled` to true, `security.OCSP.require` to false to work. //user_pref("loop.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable Firefox Hello metrics collection // https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mozilla.dev.platform/nyVkCx-_sFw/discussion user_pref("loop.logDomains", false); // PREF: Enable Auto Update (disabled) // NOTICE: Fully automatic updates are disabled and left to package management systems on Linux. Windows users may want to change this setting. // CIS 2.1.1 //user_pref("app.update.auto", true); // PREF: Enforce checking for Firefox updates // http://kb.mozillazine.org/App.update.enabled // NOTICE: Update check page might incorrectly report Firefox ESR as out-of-date user_pref("app.update.enabled", true); // PREF: Enable blocking reported web forgeries // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Safe_Browsing // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_browsing // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-does-phishing-and-malware-protection-work // http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=2711237&p=12896849#p12896849 // CIS 2.3.4 user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", true); // Firefox < 50 user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled", true); // firefox >= 50 // PREF: Enable blocking reported attack sites // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled // CIS 2.3.5 user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", true); // PREF: Disable querying Google Application Reputation database for downloaded binary files // https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/39.0/releasenotes/ // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Application_Reputation user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable Pocket // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/save-web-pages-later-pocket-firefox // https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/143 user_pref("browser.pocket.enabled", false); user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable "Recommended by Pocket" in Firefox Quantum user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories", false); /****************************************************************************** * SECTION: Automatic connections * ******************************************************************************/ // PREF: Limit the connection keep-alive timeout to 15 seconds (disabled) // https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/387 // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.http.keep-alive.timeout // https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/core.html#keepalivetimeout //user_pref("network.http.keep-alive.timeout", 15); // PREF: Disable prefetching of URLs // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.prefetch-next // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Link_prefetching_FAQ#Is_there_a_preference_to_disable_link_prefetching.3F user_pref("network.prefetch-next", false); // PREF: Disable DNS prefetching // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.dns.disablePrefetch // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Controlling_DNS_prefetching user_pref("network.dns.disablePrefetch", true); user_pref("network.dns.disablePrefetchFromHTTPS", true); // PREF: Disable the predictive service (Necko) // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Privacy/Reviews/Necko user_pref("network.predictor.enabled", false); // PREF: Reject .onion hostnames before passing the to DNS // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1228457 // RFC 7686 user_pref("network.dns.blockDotOnion", true); // PREF: Disable search suggestions in the search bar // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.search.suggest.enabled user_pref("browser.search.suggest.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable "Show search suggestions in location bar results" user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.searches", false); // PREF: When using the location bar, don't suggest URLs from browsing history user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.history", false); // PREF: Disable Firefox Suggest // https://www.ghacks.net/2021/09/09/how-to-disable-firefox-suggest/ // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/navigate-web-faster-firefox-suggest user_pref("browser.urlbar.groupLabels.enabled", false); // Firefox >= 93 // PREF: Disable SSDP // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1111967 user_pref("browser.casting.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable automatic downloading of OpenH264 codec // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections#w_media-capabilities // https://andreasgal.com/2014/10/14/openh264-now-in-firefox/ user_pref("media.gmp-gmpopenh264.enabled", false); user_pref("media.gmp-manager.url", ""); // PREF: Disable speculative pre-connections // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections#w_speculative-pre-connections // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=814169 user_pref("network.http.speculative-parallel-limit", 0); // PREF: Disable downloading homepage snippets/messages from Mozilla // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections#w_mozilla-content // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Projects/Firefox_Start/Snippet_Service user_pref("browser.aboutHomeSnippets.updateUrl", ""); // PREF: Never check updates for search engines // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections#w_auto-update-checking user_pref("browser.search.update", false); // PREF: Disable automatic captive portal detection (Firefox >= 52.0) // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1157121 user_pref("network.captive-portal-service.enabled", false); /****************************************************************************** * SECTION: HTTP * ******************************************************************************/ // PREF: Disallow NTLMv1 // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=828183 user_pref("network.negotiate-auth.allow-insecure-ntlm-v1", false); // it is still allowed through HTTPS. uncomment the following to disable it completely. //user_pref("network.negotiate-auth.allow-insecure-ntlm-v1-https", false); // PREF: Enable CSP 1.1 script-nonce directive support // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=855326 user_pref("security.csp.experimentalEnabled", true); // PREF: Enable Content Security Policy (CSP) // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/CSP/Introducing_Content_Security_Policy // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP user_pref("security.csp.enable", true); // PREF: Enable Subresource Integrity // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Subresource_Integrity // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Subresource_Integrity user_pref("security.sri.enable", true); // PREF: DNT HTTP header (disabled) // https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/dnt/ // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_not_track_header // https://dnt-dashboard.mozilla.org // https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/11 // NOTICE: Do No Track must be enabled manually //user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", true); // PREF: Send a referer header with the target URI as the source (disabled) // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=822869 // https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/227 // NOTICE-DISABLED: Spoofing referers breaks functionality on websites relying on authentic referer headers // NOTICE-DISABLED: Spoofing referers breaks visualisation of 3rd-party sites on the Lightbeam addon // NOTICE-DISABLED: Spoofing referers disables CSRF protection on some login pages not implementing origin-header/cookie+token based CSRF protection // TODO: https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/94, commented-out XOriginPolicy/XOriginTrimmingPolicy = 2 prefs //user_pref("network.http.referer.spoofSource", true); // PREF: Don't send referer headers when following links across different domains (disabled) // https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/227 // https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/328 // https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/tweaking-referrer-for-privacy-in-firefox/ // user_pref("network.http.referer.XOriginPolicy", 2); // PREF: Accept Only 1st Party Cookies // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.cookie.cookieBehavior#1 // NOTICE: Blocking 3rd-party cookies breaks a number of payment gateways // CIS 2.5.1 user_pref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior", 1); // PREF: Enable first-party isolation // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1299996 // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1260931 // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/FirstPartyIsolation // NOTICE: First-party isolation breaks Microsoft Teams // NOTICE: First-party isolation causes HTTP basic auth to ask for credentials for every new tab (see #425) user_pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate", true); // PREF: Make sure that third-party cookies (if enabled) never persist beyond the session. // https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/tweaking-cookies-for-privacy-in-firefox/ // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.cookie.thirdparty.sessionOnly // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Cookies_Preferences_in_Mozilla#network.cookie.thirdparty.sessionOnly user_pref("network.cookie.thirdparty.sessionOnly", true); // PREF: Spoof User-agent (disabled) //user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0"); //user_pref("general.appname.override", "Netscape"); //user_pref("general.appversion.override", "5.0 (Windows)"); //user_pref("general.platform.override", "Win32"); //user_pref("general.oscpu.override", "Windows NT 6.1"); /******************************************************************************* * SECTION: Caching * ******************************************************************************/ // PREF: Permanently enable private browsing mode (disabled) // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Private-Browsing // https://wiki.mozilla.org/PrivateBrowsing // NOTICE-DISABLED: You can not view or inspect cookies when in private browsing: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=823941 // NOTICE-DISABLED: When Javascript is enabled, Websites can detect use of Private Browsing mode // NOTICE-DISABLED: Private browsing breaks Kerberos authentication // NOTICE-DISABLED: Disables "Containers" functionality (see below) //user_pref("browser.privatebrowsing.autostart", true); // PREF: Do not download URLs for the offline cache // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.offline.enable user_pref("browser.cache.offline.enable", false); // PREF: Clear history when Firefox closes // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Clear%20Recent%20History#w_how-do-i-make-firefox-clear-my-history-automatically // NOTICE-DISABLED: Installing user.js will **remove your saved passwords** (https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/27) // NOTICE: Clearing open windows on Firefox exit causes 2 windows to open when Firefox starts https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1334945 // NOTICE: Having either of privacy.clearOnShutdown.history or privacy.clearOnShutdown.offlineApps as true will clear service workers when closing Firefox user_pref("privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", true); user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cache", true); //user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies", true); user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.downloads", true); user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.formdata", true); user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.history", true); user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.offlineApps", true); //user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.passwords", true); user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.sessions", true); user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.openWindows", true); // PREF: Set time range to "Everything" as default in "Clear Recent History" user_pref("privacy.sanitize.timeSpan", 0); // PREF: Clear everything but "Site Preferences" in "Clear Recent History" user_pref("privacy.cpd.offlineApps", true); user_pref("privacy.cpd.cache", true); user_pref("privacy.cpd.cookies", true); user_pref("privacy.cpd.downloads", true); user_pref("privacy.cpd.formdata", true); user_pref("privacy.cpd.history", true); user_pref("privacy.cpd.sessions", true); // PREF: Don't remember browsing history user_pref("places.history.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable disk cache // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.disk.enable user_pref("browser.cache.disk.enable", false); // PREF: Disable memory cache (disabled) // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.memory.enable //user_pref("browser.cache.memory.enable", false); // PREF: Disable Caching of SSL Pages // CIS Version 1.2.0 October 21st, 2011 2.5.8 // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl user_pref("browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl", false); // PREF: Disable download history // CIS Version 1.2.0 October 21st, 2011 2.5.5 user_pref("browser.download.manager.retention", 0); // PREF: Disable password manager (disabled) // NOTICE: Make sure to set a Master password to protect Firefox's password storage against basic malware that could extract your password information // CIS Version 1.2.0 October 21st, 2011 2.5.2 // user_pref("signon.rememberSignons", false); // PREF: Disable form autofill, don't save information entered in web page forms and the Search Bar user_pref("browser.formfill.enable", false); // PREF: Cookies expires at the end of the session (when the browser closes) (disabled) // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.cookie.lifetimePolicy#2 //user_pref("network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", 2); // PREF: The cookie's lifetime is supplied by the server user_pref("network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", 0); // PREF: Require manual intervention to autofill known username/passwords sign-in forms // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Signon.autofillForms // https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#identifier-linkability user_pref("signon.autofillForms", false); // PREF: Disable formless login capture // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1166947 user_pref("signon.formlessCapture.enabled", false); // PREF: When username/password autofill is enabled, still disable it on non-HTTPS sites // https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/f0d146fe7317 user_pref("signon.autofillForms.http", false); // PREF: Show in-content login form warning UI for insecure login fields // https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/f0d146fe7317 user_pref("security.insecure_field_warning.contextual.enabled", true); // PREF: Disable the password manager for pages with autocomplete=off (disabled) // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=956906 // OWASP ASVS V9.1 // Does not prevent any kind of auto-completion (see browser.formfill.enable, signon.autofillForms) //user_pref("signon.storeWhenAutocompleteOff", false); // PREF: Delete Search and Form History // CIS Version 1.2.0 October 21st, 2011 2.5.6 user_pref("browser.formfill.expire_days", 0); // PREF: Clear SSL Form Session Data // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.sessionstore.privacy_level#2 // Store extra session data for unencrypted (non-HTTPS) sites only. // CIS Version 1.2.0 October 21st, 2011 2.5.7 // NOTE: CIS says 1, we use 2 user_pref("browser.sessionstore.privacy_level", 2); // PREF: Delete temporary files on exit // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238789 user_pref("browser.helperApps.deleteTempFileOnExit", true); // PREF: Do not create screenshots of visited pages (relates to the "new tab page" feature) // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/973320 // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Preferences/Preference_reference/browser.pagethumbnails.capturing_disabled user_pref("browser.pagethumbnails.capturing_disabled", true); // PREF: Don't fetch and permanently store favicons for Windows .URL shortcuts created by drag and drop // NOTICE: .URL shortcut files will be created with a generic icon // Favicons are stored as .ico files in $profile_dir\shortcutCache user_pref("browser.shell.shortcutFavicons", false); // PREF: Disable bookmarks backups (default: 15) // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.bookmarks.max_backups user_pref("browser.bookmarks.max_backups", 0); // PREF: Export bookmarks to HTML automatically when closing Firefox (disabled) // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1176242 //user_pref("browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML", true); //user_pref("browser.bookmarks.file", '/path/to/bookmarks-export.html'); // PREF: Disable downloading of favicons in response to favicon fingerprinting techniques // https://github.com/jonasstrehle/supercookie // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.chrome.site_icons // https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/01/26/supercookie-protections/ user_pref("browser.chrome.site_icons", false); /******************************************************************************* * SECTION: UI related * *******************************************************************************/ // PREF: Enable insecure password warnings (login forms in non-HTTPS pages) // https://blog.mozilla.org/tanvi/2016/01/28/no-more-passwords-over-http-please/ // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1319119 // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1217156 user_pref("security.insecure_password.ui.enabled", true); // PREF: Disable right-click menu manipulation via JavaScript (disabled) //user_pref("dom.event.contextmenu.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable "Are you sure you want to leave this page?" popups on page close // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1043508 // NOTICE: disabling "beforeunload" events may lead to losing data entered in web forms // Does not prevent JS leaks of the page close event. // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Events/beforeunload //user_pref("dom.disable_beforeunload", true); // PREF: Disable Downloading on Desktop // CIS 2.3.2 user_pref("browser.download.folderList", 2); // PREF: Always ask the user where to download // https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Download_Manager_preferences (obsolete) user_pref("browser.download.useDownloadDir", false); // PREF: Disable the "new tab page" feature and show a blank tab instead // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Privacy/Reviews/New_Tab // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/new-tab-page-show-hide-and-customize-top-sites#w_how-do-i-turn-the-new-tab-page-off user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.newtab.url", "about:blank"); // PREF: Disable Snippets // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Projects/Firefox_Start/Snippet_Service // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/snippets-firefox-faq user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.snippets", false); // PREF: Disable Activity Stream // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Activity_Stream user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.enabled", false); // PREF: Disable new tab tile ads & preload // http://www.thewindowsclub.com/disable-remove-ad-tiles-from-firefox // http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=13876331#p13876331 // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Tiles/Technical_Documentation#Ping // https://gecko.readthedocs.org/en/latest/browser/browser/DirectoryLinksProvider.html#browser-newtabpage-directory-source // https://gecko.readthedocs.org/en/latest/browser/browser/DirectoryLinksProvider.html#browser-newtabpage-directory-ping // TODO: deprecated? not in DXR, some dead links user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enhanced", false); user_pref("browser.newtab.preload", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.directory.ping", ""); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.directory.source", "data:text/plain,{}"); // PREF: Enable Auto Notification of Outdated Plugins (Firefox < 50) // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox3.6/Plugin_Update_Awareness_Security_Review // CIS Version 1.2.0 October 21st, 2011 2.1.2 // https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/304560 user_pref("plugins.update.notifyUser", true); // PREF: Force Punycode for Internationalized Domain Names // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.IDN_show_punycode // https://www.xudongz.com/blog/2017/idn-phishing/ // https://wiki.mozilla.org/IDN_Display_Algorithm // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDN_homograph_attack // https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/ // CIS Mozilla Firefox 24 ESR v1.0.0 - 3.6 user_pref("network.IDN_show_punycode", true); // PREF: Disable inline autocomplete in URL bar // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Inline_autocomplete user_pref("browser.urlbar.autoFill", false); user_pref("browser.urlbar.autoFill.typed", false); // PREF: Disable CSS :visited selectors // https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2010/03/31/plugging-the-css-history-leak/ // https://dbaron.org/mozilla/visited-privacy user_pref("layout.css.visited_links_enabled", false); // PREF: Disable URL bar autocomplete and history/bookmarks suggestions dropdown (disabled) // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Disabling_autocomplete_-_Firefox#Firefox_3.5 //user_pref("browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled", false); // PREF: Do not check if Firefox is the default browser user_pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false); // PREF: When password manager is enabled, lock the password storage periodically // CIS Version 1.2.0 October 21st, 2011 2.5.3 Disable Prompting for Credential Storage user_pref("security.ask_for_password", 2); // PREF: Lock the password storage every 1 minutes (default: 30) user_pref("security.password_lifetime", 1); // PREF: Display a notification bar when websites offer data for offline use // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.offline-apps.notify user_pref("browser.offline-apps.notify", true); /****************************************************************************** * SECTION: Cryptography * ******************************************************************************/ // PREF: Enable HTTPS-Only Mode // https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2020/11/17/firefox-83-introduces-https-only-mode/ // https://www.feistyduck.com/bulletproof-tls-newsletter/issue_71_firefox_introduces_https_only_mode user_pref("dom.security.https_only_mode", true); // PREF: Enable HSTS preload list (pre-set HSTS sites list provided by Mozilla) // https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2012/11/01/preloading-hsts/ // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Privacy/Features/HSTS_Preload_List // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security user_pref("network.stricttransportsecurity.preloadlist", true); // PREF: Enable Online Certificate Status Protocol // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Certificate_Status_Protocol // https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/04/19/revchecking.html // https://www.maikel.pro/blog/current-state-certificate-revocation-crls-ocsp/ // https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA:RevocationPlan // https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA:ImprovingRevocation // https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA:OCSP-HardFail // https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2014/04/24/certificate-revocation-why-browsers-remain-affected-by-heartbleed.html // https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2013/04/16/certificate-revocation-and-the-performance-of-ocsp.html // NOTICE: OCSP leaks your IP and domains you visit to the CA when OCSP Stapling is not available on visited host // NOTICE: OCSP is vulnerable to replay attacks when nonce is not configured on the OCSP responder // NOTICE: OCSP adds latency (performance) // NOTICE: Short-lived certificates are not checked for revocation (security.pki.cert_short_lifetime_in_days, default:10) // CIS Version 1.2.0 October 21st, 2011 2.2.4 user_pref("security.OCSP.enabled", 1); // PREF: Enable OCSP Stapling support // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCSP_stapling // https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2013/07/29/ocsp-stapling-in-firefox/ // https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-ocsp-stapling-on-apache-and-nginx user_pref("security.ssl.enable_ocsp_stapling", true); // PREF: Enable OCSP Must-Staple support (Firefox >= 45) // https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/11/23/improving-revocation-ocsp-must-staple-and-short-lived-certificates/ // https://www.entrust.com/ocsp-must-staple/ // https://github.com/schomery/privacy-settings/issues/40 // NOTICE: Firefox falls back on plain OCSP when must-staple is not configured on the host certificate user_pref("security.ssl.enable_ocsp_must_staple", true); // PREF: Require a valid OCSP response for OCSP enabled certificates // https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.security/n1G-N2-HTVA // Disabling this will make OCSP bypassable by MitM attacks suppressing OCSP responses // NOTICE: `security.OCSP.require` will make the connection fail when the OCSP responder is unavailable // NOTICE: `security.OCSP.require` is known to break browsing on some [captive portals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal) user_pref("security.OCSP.require", true); // PREF: Disable TLS Session Tickets // https://www.blackhat.com/us-13/briefings.html#NextGen // https://media.blackhat.com/us-13/US-13-Daigniere-TLS-Secrets-Slides.pdf // https://media.blackhat.com/us-13/US-13-Daigniere-TLS-Secrets-WP.pdf // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=917049 // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=967977 user_pref("security.ssl.disable_session_identifiers", true); // PREF: Only allow TLS 1.[2-3] // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Security.tls.version.* // 1 = TLS 1.0 is the minimum required / maximum supported encryption protocol. (This is the current default for the maximum supported version.) // 2 = TLS 1.1 is the minimum required / maximum supported encryption protocol. // 3 = TLS 1.2 is the minimum required / maximum supported encryption protocol. // 4 = TLS 1.3 is the minimum required / maximum supported encryption protocol. user_pref("security.tls.version.min", 3); user_pref("security.tls.version.max", 4); // PREF: Disable insecure TLS version fallback // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1084025 // https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/pull/206#issuecomment-280229645 user_pref("security.tls.version.fallback-limit", 4); // PREF: Enforce Public Key Pinning // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Public_Key_Pinning // https://wiki.mozilla.org/SecurityEngineering/Public_Key_Pinning // "2. Strict. Pinning is always enforced." user_pref("security.cert_pinning.enforcement_level", 2); // PREF: Disallow SHA-1 // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1302140 // https://shattered.io/ user_pref("security.pki.sha1_enforcement_level", 1); // PREF: Warn the user when server doesn't support RFC 5746 ("safe" renegotiation) // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security:Renegotiation#security.ssl.treat_unsafe_negotiation_as_broken // https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-3555 user_pref("security.ssl.treat_unsafe_negotiation_as_broken", true); // PREF: Disallow connection to servers not supporting safe renegotiation (disabled) // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security:Renegotiation#security.ssl.require_safe_negotiation // https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-3555 // TODO: `security.ssl.require_safe_negotiation` is more secure but makes browsing next to impossible (2012-2014-... - `ssl_error_unsafe_negotiation` errors), so is left disabled //user_pref("security.ssl.require_safe_negotiation", true); // PREF: Disable automatic reporting of TLS connection errors // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/certificate-pinning-reports // we could also disable security.ssl.errorReporting.enabled, but I think it's // good to leave the option to report potentially malicious sites if the user // chooses to do so. // you can test this at https://pinningtest.appspot.com/ user_pref("security.ssl.errorReporting.automatic", false); // PREF: Pre-populate the current URL but do not pre-fetch the certificate in the "Add Security Exception" dialog // http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.ssl_override_behavior // https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/210 user_pref("browser.ssl_override_behavior", 1); // PREF: Encrypted SNI (when TRR is enabled) // https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl/encrypted-sni/ // https://wiki.mozilla.org/Trusted_Recursive_Resolver#ESNI // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Name_Indication#Security_implications_(ESNI) user_pref("network.security.esni.enabled", true); /****************************************************************************** * SECTION: Cipher suites * ******************************************************************************/ // PREF: Disable null ciphers user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_null_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_null_md5", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_null_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_null_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdh_rsa_null_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdh_ecdsa_null_sha", false); // PREF: Disable SEED cipher // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEED user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_seed_sha", false); // PREF: Disable 40/56/128-bit ciphers // 40-bit ciphers user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_40_md5", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_rc2_40_md5", false); // 56-bit ciphers user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_1024_rc4_56_sha", false); // 128-bit ciphers user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_camellia_128_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_aes_128_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_128_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdh_rsa_aes_128_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdh_ecdsa_aes_128_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_camellia_128_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_128_sha", false); // PREF: Disable RC4 // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/38#Security // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1138882 // https://rc4.io/ // https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2013-2566 user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdh_ecdsa_rc4_128_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdh_rsa_rc4_128_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_rc4_128_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_rc4_128_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_128_md5", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_128_sha", false); user_pref("security.tls.unrestricted_rc4_fallback", false); // PREF: Disable 3DES (effective key size is < 128) // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3des#Security // http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Meet-in-the-middle_attack // http://www-archive.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/ssl/fips-ssl-ciphersuites.html user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_dss_des_ede3_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_des_ede3_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdh_ecdsa_des_ede3_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdh_rsa_des_ede3_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_des_ede3_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_des_ede3_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_des_ede3_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_fips_des_ede3_sha", false); // PREF: Disable ciphers with ECDH (non-ephemeral) user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdh_rsa_aes_256_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdh_ecdsa_aes_256_sha", false); // PREF: Disable 256 bits ciphers without PFS user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_camellia_256_sha", false); // PREF: Enable GCM ciphers (TLSv1.2 only) // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois/Counter_Mode user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_128_gcm_sha256", true); // 0xc02b user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_aes_128_gcm_sha256", true); // 0xc02f // PREF: Enable ChaCha20 and Poly1305 (Firefox >= 47) // https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/47.0/releasenotes/ // https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7905 // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=917571 // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247860 // https://cr.yp.to/chacha.html user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_chacha20_poly1305_sha256", true); user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_chacha20_poly1305_sha256", true); // PREF: Disable ciphers susceptible to the logjam attack // https://weakdh.org/ user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_camellia_256_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_256_sha", false); // PREF: Disable ciphers with DSA (max 1024 bits) user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_dss_aes_128_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_dss_aes_256_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_dss_camellia_128_sha", false); user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_dss_camellia_256_sha", false); // PREF: Ciphers with CBC & SHA-1 (disabled) //user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_aes_256_sha", false); // 0x35 //user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_aes_128_sha", false); // 0x2f //user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_aes_256_sha", false); // 0xc014 //user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_256_sha", false); // 0xc00a