How to set enableIDN to false?

Posted February 7th, 2005, 9:16 am

Hello,

the "Mozilla / Firefox / Camino IDN Spoofing Security Issue" (http://secunia.com/advisories/14163/) said to set enableIDN to false, how to do this, please?

TIA,
Vinicius.

Posted February 7th, 2005, 9:18 am

cviniciusm wrote:Hello,

the "Mozilla / Firefox / Camino IDN Spoofing Security Issue" (http://secunia.com/advisories/14163/) said to set enableIDN to false, how to do this, please?

TIA,
Vinicius.

Don't bother. From everything I've read so far, the setting doesn't work. If and when you restart Firefox, the setting would still be set to false, but it's really back on and the vulnerability still works.

Posted February 7th, 2005, 9:19 am

Type:
about:config
in the URL bar

Type:
IDN in the search bar

Double click the network.enableIDN line to change the value to false.

Posted February 7th, 2005, 9:21 am

Right you are. Well, that sucks.

Posted February 7th, 2005, 9:27 am

Anonymous wrote:Type:
about:config
in the URL bar

Type:
IDN in the search bar

Double click the network.enableIDN line to change the value to false.

Thanks a lot.

My Firefox shows that network.enableIDN is false, but it continues to fail on the test.

Well, I did do my best,
Vinicius.

Posted February 7th, 2005, 9:28 am

WFM after restart using a Mozilla nightly trunk build on Windows XP.

Posted February 7th, 2005, 9:32 am

schapel wrote:WFM after restart using a Mozilla nightly trunk build on Windows XP.

Unfortunely, didn't WFM, my OS is Fedora Core 3.

Posted February 7th, 2005, 9:33 am

cviniciusm wrote:Unfortunely, didn't WFM, my OS is Fedora Core 3.

Sounds like time to submit a bug report!

Posted February 7th, 2005, 9:36 am

schapel wrote:
cviniciusm wrote:Unfortunely, didn't WFM, my OS is Fedora Core 3.

Sounds like time to submit a bug report!

My English is not good enough for this.

Posted February 7th, 2005, 9:37 am

Is network.enableIDN being set to 'true' in every startup by an entry in all.js ?

Would this override a setting anywhere else?

Posted February 7th, 2005, 9:49 am

Anonymous wrote:Is network.enableIDN being set to 'true' in every startup by an entry in all.js ?

Would this override a setting anywhere else?

I don't have all.js only prefs.js.
I have restarted the Firefox, the network.enableIDN continues to false, and the test continues to fail.

Posted February 7th, 2005, 9:51 am

It's defnintely being reset to true for me. Dunno how. I'd sure like to know.

Posted February 7th, 2005, 9:52 am

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is network.enableIDN being set to 'true' in every startup by an entry in all.js ?

Would this override a setting anywhere else?
I don't have all.js only prefs.js.
I have restarted the Firefox, the network.enableIDN continues to false, and the test continues to fail.

This reply belongs to me, now I'm logged.

Posted February 7th, 2005, 9:53 am

smith at canada com wrote:Is network.enableIDN being set to 'true' in every startup by an entry in all.js ?

Would this override a setting anywhere else?

Changing the value in ..\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\all.js didn't work.

Posted February 7th, 2005, 9:54 am

The problem with setting network.enableIDN to false been reported as <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281377">bug 281377</a>.

How to set enableIDN to false?

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