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1. e Web Page HTML Only Save the original page without pictures This choice preserves the original HT ML in one file e Text file Save the original page as a text file Type a file name for the page and click Save To save an image from a page 21 Position the mouse pointer over the image Right click Press Ctrl and click on the image to display a pop up menu Click Save Image As The Save Image dialog box appears which looks much the same as the Save As dialogue box above Choose a location for the saved image Type a file name for the image and click Save 22 5 BOOKMARKS HISTORY AND DOWNLOADING FILES ABOUT BOOKMARKS Bookmarks also called Favorites in some browsers are links to Web pages By saving bookmarks in your Firefox browser you can easily revisit pages without having to remember the address or search for them again much like using bookmarks in a book HOW TO BOOKMARK A PAGE There are many ways to bookmark a page Bookmarks menu To bookmark the page you are currently viewing click the Bookmarks button at the top right of the page and choose Bookmark This Page This brings up a dialog box with the Bookmark Menu selected as the default folder we Edit This Bookmark Remove Bookmark Name guerre Bi orssp D ET ES DATEI en Folder Bookmarks Menu A v Tags Separate 0c with nnmmnhmc v NN You can access your bookmarks on all your devices with Sync
2. Shareaholic is the easiest way to share interes More Install 1 3 3 Monday February 07 2011 Beef Taco Targete Sets permanent opt out cookies to stop beh More Install Intearated Gmail 2 6 11 Wednesday January 26 2011 NoScript notifications and adding Web sites to your whitelist Once restarted your browser will have a NoScript icon at the bottom right corner where the status bar is indicating what level of permission the current Web site has to execute content on your PC lt e 71 Full protection scripts are blocked for the current site and its subframes Even if some of the script sources imported by the page are in your whitelist code won t run the hosting documents are not enabled Very restricted the main site is still forbidden but some pieces such as frames are allowed In this case some code may be running but the page is unlikely to work correctly because its main script source is still blocked S Limited permissions scripts are allowed for the main document but other active elements or script sources imported by the page are not allowed This happens when there are multiple frames on a page or script elements that link to code hosted on other platforms e D Mostly trusted all the script sources for the page are allowed but some embedded content such as frames are blocked gt Selective protection scripts are allowed for some URLs All the o
3. as in the image below then you are not using Tor Are you using Tor Mozilla Firefox Fie Edt Wew History Bookmarks Took Help GS hitpsilichecktorproject e S s About Tor Tor hidden wid t TorCheck at Xenobite Sorry You are not using Tor If you are attempting to use a Tor client please refer to the Tor website and specifically the instructions for configuring your Tor chent Additional informacion Your IP address appears to be 76 15 20 92 This small script is powered by tordnsel You may also be interested in the Tor Bulk Exse List Exporter This tervez does not log amy information about visitors I GS CS Le L EB ou UNI check torpeoject org fg Tor Disabled If you see this message close Firefox and Tor Browser and then repeat the steps above You can perform this check to ensure that you are using Tor at any time by going to https check torproject org If Tor Browser doesn t work after two or three tries T or may be partly blocked by your ISP and you should try using the bridge feature of Tor see the section below on Using Tor with Bridges USING TOR WITH BRIDGES If you suspect your access to the Tor network is being blocked you may want to use the bridge feature of Tor The bridge feature was created specifically to help people use Tor from places where access to the Tor network is blocked You must already have successfully downloaded and installed the T or software to use a bridge
4. 13 HT TPS EVERYWHERE 14 NOSCRIPT AND ADBLOCK 48 10 HOW THE WEB WORKS Although many people use the terms the Internet and the Web interchangeably actually the Web refers to just one way of communicating using the Internet When you access the Web you do so using software called a Web browser such as Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome Opera or Microsoft Internet Explorer The protocol that the Web operates on is called the Hyper T ext Transfer Protocol or HT TP You might also have heard of HT TPS which is the secure version of HTTP that uses Transport Layer Security TLS encryption to protect your communications FOLLOWING YOUR INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET THE JOURNEY Let s follow the example of visiting a Web site from your home computer Connecting to the Internet To connect your computer to the Internet you may need some extra equipment such as a modem or a router to first connect to your ISP s network Usually end user computers or home networks are connected with ISPs via one of several technologies e telephone modem dial up sending Internet data over telephone lines in the form of a telephone call e DSL a more efficient and higher speed way to send data over telephone lines over short distances e cable modem or cable Internet sending Internet data over a cable television company s coaxial cable e fiber optic cables particularly in densely populated areas of developed countries e wide area fi
5. 80 16 TOR THE ONION ROUTER Tor The Onion Router is a very sophisticated network of proxy servers When you use Tor to access a Web site your communications are randomly routed through a network of independent volunteer proxies All the traffic between Tor servers or relays is encrypted and each of the relays knows only the IP address of two other machines the one immediately previous to it and the one immediately after it in the chain T he goal of this is unlinkability T or makes it very difficult for e your ISP or any other local observer to know what your target Web site is or what information you are sending e the target Web site to know who you are at least to know your IP address e any of the independent relays to know who you are and where you go either by directly having your IP address or by being able to correlate browsing habits by consistently observing your traffic WHAT DO NEED TO USE THE TOR NETWORK To connect to the Internet through the Tor network and use it for anonymity privacy and circumvention you need to install the Tor cient software on your computer It is also possible to run a portable version of the program from a USB flash drive or other external device Tor is compatible with most versions of Windows Mac OS X and GNU Linux WITH WHAT SOFTWARE IS TOR COMPATIBLE Tor uses a SOCKS proxy interface to connect to applications so any application that supports S
6. T his system is the Domain Name System DNS where a set of computers are dedicated to serving your computer with the IP addresses associated with the human memorable names For example to access the Witness Web site you would type in the www witness org address also known as a domain name instead of 216 92 171 152 Your computer then sends a message with this name to a DNS server After the DNS server translates the domain name into an IP address it shares that information with your computer This system makes Web browsing and other Internet applications more human friendly for humans and computer friendly for computers WHY THIS MATTERS Normally all of these complex processes are hidden and you don t need to understand them in order to find the information you need However when people or organizations attempting to limit your access to information interfere with the operation of the system your ability to use the Internet may be restricted In that case understanding just what they have done to interfere with your access can become extremely relevant One example is DNS servers which were described as helping provide IP addresses corresponding to requested domain names However in some cases these servers can be used as censoring mechanisms by preventing the proper IP address from being returned and effectively blocking access to the requested information from that domain 50 Censorship can occur at different points
7. Web Forgery also known as Phishing is a form of identity theft that occurs when a malicious Web site impersonates a legitimate one in order to trick you into logging in or filling out a web form in order to steal this information The Stop Badware site has a good list of the symptoms you might see if you re computer has been infected by malware http www stopbadware org home badware_symptoms When you see this web page appear while surfing the web Firefox has worked in conjunction with the Stopbadware database of bad sites to identify a site that might put you at risk Reported Web Forgery This web site at www mozilla com has been reported as a web forgery and has been blocked based on your security preferences Web forgeries are designed to trick you into revealing personal or financial information by imitating sources you may trust Entering any information on this web page may result in identity theft or other fraud Why was this site blocked Ignore this warning 56 Phishing and Malware Protection works by checking the sites that you visit against lists of reported phishing and malware sites T he Phishing and Malware Protection feature is turned on by default You can test to see if Phishing Protection is active by trying to visit the phishing test site http www mozilla com firefox its a trap html or the malware test site http www mozilla com firefox its an attack html to confirm that Firefox is
8. not type an account name FireFT P copies the information you type from the host field to the account name field After you fill in the fields in Account Manager the window looks something like this 46 n FLOSS Manual Click OK CONNECTING After creating an account click Connect FireFTP connects to the server as shown in the log messages in the lower part of the window Files on the web server appear on the right side of the window Files on your computer display on the left side of the window LEST 190 Opereng ASCII mode Gate connecban fer Me bat 226 Traneter complete Woor 290 NOOP commands successful KOOP 290 MOOF cammang succeestul TRANSFERRING FILES You can transfer files from your computer to the server or from the server to your computer Navigate to the files you want to transfer and select the folder on the other side of the window where you want to transfer the files Click the arrow pointing to the right to transfer file from your computer to the server gt Click the arrow pointing to the left to transfer files from the server to your computer You see that the status of the transfer in the log at the bottom the window That s it You have transferred your first files from your computer to a web server using FireFT P You can also transfer entire directories and multiple files 47 SECURITY 10 HOW THE WEB WORKS Tl SAFER BROWSING AND FIREFOX PRIVACY 12 ADD ONS FOR SECURITY
9. 6 MB 296 kB sec VTS 01 1 VOB Ce 2 minutes 58 seconds remaining 20 4 of 90 9 MB 2 tehtv mp4 39 1 MB archive org 16 29 l https support mozilla org en US kb reset your master password if you fo rgot it CONFIGURING FIREFOX 6 CONFIGURING YOUR BROWSER 7 INSTALLING ADD ONS 30 6 CONFIGURING YOUR BROWSER You can configure Firefox by altering the Preferences Options of your browser Confusingly the window to do this and the menu options are a bit different depending on what operating system you are using Use Tools gt Options in Windows Edit gt Preferences in Linux and Firefox gt Preferences on Mac OVERVIEW OF THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS PREFERENCES There are too many different preferences for us to describe in this manual but below is an overview of what can be changed F w ux oao c General Tabs Content Applications Privacy Security Sync Advanced Startup When Firefox starts Show my home page z Home Page Mozilla Firefox Start Page Use Current Page Use Bookmark Restore to Default Downloads Save files to Downloads Always ask me where to save files General You can change options here about where to save files and to set your home page 3 oy a e m ao amp General T Content Applications Privacy Security Sync Advanced Open new windows in a new tab instead Warn me when closing multiple tabs Warn me when opening multiple tabs mig
10. Auto detect proxy settings for this network Use system proxy settings Manual proxy configuration HTTP Proxy my proxy server provider org Port Use this proxy server for all protocols SSL Proxy Port ETP Proxy Port SOCKS Host Port SOCKS v4 SOCKS v5 No Proxy for localhost 127 0 0 1 Example mozilla org net nz 192 168 1 0 24 Automatic proxy configuration URL Reload After you click OK your configuration will be saved and your Web browser will automatically connect through that proxy on all future connections If you get an error message such as T he proxy server is refusing connections or Unable to find the proxy server there is a problem with your proxy configuration In that case repeat the steps above and select No proxy in the last screen to deactivate the proxy STEALTHY 76 Does your country organisation block you from facebook youtube or other websites ask the makers of Stealthy This tool was originally developed to help disseminate information in the Arab Spring The Add on allows you you to view content which may normally be blocked in your country It works using proxy servers but instead of having to choose and set them up yourself it automatically selects them from a list kept up to date by the Add On developers This has the advantage of not having to keep constantly searching for up to date proxy servers and configuring them yourself It is very easy to ins
11. Browsing mode the Firefox window title will show Private Browsing during your session PRIVACY PREFERENCES You can tell Firefox what type of information you d like stored and even default to saving no browsing history at all Firefox Preferences E c ea K Main Tabs Content Applications Security Advanced History Firefox will Remember history v Firefox will remember your browsing download form and search history and keep cookies from Web sites you visit You may want to clear your recent history or remove individual cookies Location Bar When using the location bar suggest History and Bookmarks v amp Help 3 Close 53 1 To configure these settings go to Preferences 2 From the Dropdown menu select from Remember history Never remember history or Use custom settings for history 3 Choose Use custom settings for history this will give very fine grained control over privacy settings Firefox Preferences Q H Kg G Main Tabs Content Applications IZIIEIS M Security Advanced History Firefox will Use custom settings for history v Automatically start Firefox in a private browsing session Remember my browsing history for at least 90 lv days Remember download history Remember search and form history F Accept cookies from sites Exceptions Accept third party cookies Keep until they expire Show Cookies f Clear hi
12. Click Next 8 Once Firefox has been installed click Finish to close the setup N wizard 5 Mozilla Firefox Setuy Completing the Mozilla Firefox Setup Wizard Mozilla Firefox has been installed on your computer Click Finish to close this wizard Launch Firefox now lt Back Cancel If the Launch Firefox now check box is checked Firefox will start after you click Finish You may then be asked if you want to import Options Bookmarks History Passwords and other data from your previous browser Check the appropriate box in accordance with your wishes and click Next INSTALLING ON MAC OS X 1 To download Firefox for Mac visit http www mozilla com and follow the steps above 2 When prompted click OK Once the download is complete this window appears 3 Click and hold the Firefox app icon then drag it on top of the Applications icon When it is on top of the Applications icon release the mouse button This starts copying the program files to the Applications directory on your computer 4 Eject the Firefox disk image If this does not work by normal means select the disk image icon and then in the Finder menu select File gt Eject Firefox 5 Now open the Applications directory and drag the Firefox icon to the dock 6 Click either icon in the Dock or the Applications folder to start Firefox The Import Wizard dialog box appears Import Settings and Data amp Import Preferences Bookmar
13. Learn More Keyboard shortcut T o bookmark a page using the keyboard press Ctrl D Cmd D on Mac This displays the Edit Bookmarks dialog box as above Bookmark star You can use the bookmark star inside the location bar to create or remove a bookmark Fill in the required information and choose a folder For a complete list of folders click the drop down arrow to the right of the Folder box WHAT INFORMATION TO ENTER FOR BOOKMARKS Name Firefox automatically fills in this field with the title of the current page but you can always change it Folder This is where the bookmark is stored It can be a default folder or a folder you create T here are three standard choices e Bookmarks Menu The drop down menu on the menu bar e Bookmarks Toolbar The optional toolbar e Unsorted Bookmarks This contains bookmarks that are not shown in your menu or toolbar You can put your bookmarks in sub folders of these folders by instead selecting Choose and picking a folder from the Folder dropdown Tags Tags are optional descriptive words or short phrases that help 23 when organizing or searching bookmarks For example tags for an artist supply store might be art supplies paint WHERE TO FIND BOOKMARKS Your bookmarks can be displayed in a toolbar a sidebar or a menu These are explained below Bookmarks toolbar The first place you ll see bookmarks is the bookmarks toolbar By default it is displayed below the
14. Tor network pd Click Network 4 Select My Firewall only lets me connect to certain ports and My ISP blocks connections to the Tor network 5 Enter the bridge URL information you received by e mail in the Add a Bridge field 6 Click the green on the right side of the Add a Bridge field The URL is added to the box below iv My ISP blocks connections to the Tor network Bridge Settings Add Bridge 7 Click OK at the bottom of the window to validate your new settings 124 21 104 134 443 DOS4D2E 1DOO6A143385AA658A77CDE8574A73253 8 In the Tor control panel stop and restart Tor to use your new settings Note 90 Add as many bridge addresses as you can Additional bridges increase reliability One bridge is enough to reach the Tor network however if you have only one bridge and it gets blocked or stops operating you will be cut off from the Tor network until you add new bridges To add more bridges in your network settings repeat the steps above with the information on the additional bridges that you got from the bridges Qtorproject org e mail message 91
15. access is restricted and who wants to do something about it it may not matter whether the tools were developed by someone who wanted to chat with a girlfriend write a political manifesto or send spam There is a vast amount of energy from commercial non profit and volunteer groups devoted to creating tools and techniques to bypass Internet censorship resulting in a number of methods to bypass Internet filters Collectively these are called circumvention methods and can range from simple work arounds protected pathways to complex computer programs However they nearly all work in approximately the same manner They instruct your Web browser to take a detour through an intermediary computer called a proxy ABOUT PROXY SERVERS A proxy server allows you to reach a Web site or other Internet location even when direct access is blocked in your country or by your ISP There are many different kinds of proxies including e Web proxies which only require that you know the proxy Web site s address A Web proxy URL may look like http www example com cgi bin nph proxy cgi e HTTP proxies which require that you modify your Browser settings HT TP proxies only work for Web content You may get the information about an HT TP proxy in the format proxy example com 3128 or 192 168 0 1 8080 e SOCKS proxies which also require that you modify your Browser settings SOCKS proxies work for many different Internet applications including e ma
16. as usernames and passwords sent to and received by these Web sites are transferred as plain text and are easy to read by third parties The HTTPS Everywhere extension fixes these problems by rewriting all requests to these sites to HT TPS Although the extension is called HT TPS Everywhere it only activates HT TPS on a particular list of sites and can only use HT TPS on sites that have chosen to support it It cannot make your connection to a site secure if that site does not offer HTTPS as an option Please note that some of those sites still include a lot of content such as images or icons from third party domains that is not available over HT TPS As always if the browser s lock icon is broken or carries an exclamation mark you may remain vulnerable to some adversaries that use active attacks or traffic analysis However the effort required to monitor your browsing should still be usefully increased Some Web sites such as Gmail provide HT TPS support automatically but using HTTPS Everywhere will also protect you from SSL stripping attacks in which an attacker hides the HT TPS version of the site from your computer if you initially try to access the HTTP version Additional information can be found at https www eff org https everywhere INSTALLATION First download the HT TPS Everywhere extension from the official Web site https www eff org https everywhere Select the newest release In the example below ver
17. aspect of the Mozilla project which has developed the Firefox web browser As a result everyone is free to use copy improve or extend Firefox Another core aspect of the Mozilla project is its participatory development strategy which means anyone can get involved with making Firefox better Millions of community members help make Firefox better every day More than 30 of Mozilla code is contributed by volunteers with the rest being contributed by full time contributors who are paid either by Mozilla or by other companies involved in Mozilla development Mozilla is a diverse set of people and nearly anyone can make a big difference whether by developing code writing documentation testing software or just telling friends about Firefox INSTALLATION 2 INSTALLATION AND UPDATING 2 INSTALLATION AND UPDATING This section contains detail on installing Firefox on Window Ubuntu and Mac Installing normally starts in the same way by visiting http www mozilla com firefox T his website automatically detects the version of Mozilla Firefox that works best with your computer However If you want to download Firefox for a different language or for a different operating system than the one detected click Systems and Languages under the green download button to see a list of all the options available DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL FIREFOX ON WINDOWS 1 Open your internet browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer Google Chro
18. blocking attack sites If you happen to own a site or blog page that was attacked and you have since repaired it or if you feel that your site was reported in error you can request that it be removed from the lists 57 12 ADD ONS FOR SECURITY There are many Firefox Add ons that are useful for privacy and security and for bypassing Internet censorship This chapter contains a short summary of some of our favourites Other important Add ons are listed in other chapters of this guide and some of the concepts like using proxy servers are also covered in other sections COOKIE MANAGER Cookie Manager is a simple tool which enables you to see what cookies are being set on your computer Cookies are small bits of information stored by your browser Some cookies may be useful to you and set by organisations you trust Other cookies are are used to track the sites you are visiting You can access a list of the different cookies on your system by accessing the Cookie Manager interface Cookies Manager v1 5 1 1 showing 3077 of 3077 selected 1 Search Q Search Refresh Site v Name m 0 docs google com S O docs google com S 10822091 log optimizely com end user id d 10minutemail com 10minutemail com __utma 81663767 298274800 1368269377 1368269377 1368269377 1 Tominutemail com Any type of connection Mon 11 May 2015 11 49 37 BST Will expire in 714 days 23 h Protect Delete This
19. connection is intermittent or files are too large to download in one session After you have installed the Add On you can start to download large files by right clicking on a link to a file and selecting Save Link with DownThemAll View movie Eversound Colors DV View thumbnails Run time 01 04 57 Play Download help Ogg Video 280 3 M 379 0 M 3 0 G OpenLink in New Tab OpenLink in New Window OpenLink in New Private Window Bookmark This Link Save Link As Copy Link Location DownloadHelper Save Link with DownThem All Start saving Link with dTa Sneclick You will be presented with some options about where to save your file 39 Add Downloads Enter the download here and optionally the referring page of the file Download Referring page https archive org details dom 363102 eversoundcolor Description MPEG2 Save Files in media PENDRIVE vi i Renaming Mask name ext Checksum Hash SHA1 Add paused Click on the Start buttons and you will see a download manager 0 0 3 140 1 KB s DownThemAIll 000 0000 Download Name Progress bookipublisher_ wbackup tar gz Bl eversound colo 0 pegssc mpeg 3 84 MB of 2 96 GB This manager allows you to select individual files scheduled for download to pause or resume downloading and provides other extra features not possible by default in Firefox With a little bit of configuring you ca
20. in the Internet infrastructure covering whole networks domains or subdomains individual protocols or specific content identified by filtering software The best method to avoid censorship will depend on the specific censorship technique used Understanding these differences will help you to choose appropriate measures for you to use the Internet effectively and safely 5 11 SAFER BROWSING AND FIREFOX PRIVACY Firefox has several security and privacy features that help to keep you safer when you are browsing the web PRIVACY SETTINGS To improve your experience on the internet Firefox stores a collection of data relevant to the sites you visit For example Firefox may store the following information as you browse e Visited page history This allows you to go back to sites you ve visited e Form and Search Bar entries This remembers what you ve filled out in the search bar and on forms on pages e Logins and passwords Firefox will never store these without asking e Download list This helps you find files you previously downloaded e Cookies Cookies are small bits of information that sites use to save site preferences and sessions e Web cache A cache stores pages you ve already visited greatly speeding up browsing e Browsing sessions T his allows Firefox to restore the tabs you had open In general these can optimize your browsing experience and are very useful We already covered how to delete this informatio
21. main toolbar Firefox may come with a few bookmarks on the toolbar to help get you started You can remove these or leave them there and add your own If you d prefer not to use the bookmarks toolbar you can hide it or if you cannot see it and wish to go to the Bookmarks dropdown menu On the menu check or uncheck the View Bookmarks Toolbar option as desired Bookmarks menu The various options on the Bookmarks dropdown menu enable you to view all your bookmarks The Mozilla Firefox folder located in the lower part of the Bookmarks menu contains some bookmarks to help you with using Firefox and getting to know Mozilla Es E Bookmarks v View Bookmarks Toolbar Show All Bookmarks Ctrl Shift B Bookmark This Page Ctrl D Subscribe to This Page Recently Bookmarked Recent Tags b Lb Mozilla Firefox gt LJ Links for United Kingdom d B http booki flossmanuals net summary of firefox edit 2 Unsorted Bookmarks YOUR HISTORY OF BROWSING By default Firefox keeps record of all the pages you visit This can be very useful when you want to retrace your steps However there may be times when you want to delete the record that you have visited sites from your History Or you may not want to keep a record of the sites you visit at all Clearing your History To clear all or parts of the history of your browsing select the drop down menu option from the Orange Firefox button and click on History gt Clear Recent History File
22. many cases you can right click on a link and select Save Link As Open Link in New Window Open Link in New Tab Bookmark This Link Save Link As Send Link Copy Link Location 1 Properties S Noscript d Depending on your download settings Firefox will attempt to download the file or show you a dialog box to select file destination and file name The Downloads progress bar When you are downloading the file you will be able to check how long it will take by looking at the downloads progress bar button The Download button is a relatively new feature for Firefox Normally the button is viewable as an arrow on the location toolbar Display the progress of ongoing downloads You can click on it to get a list of recent files you have downloaded If you are currently downloading files it looks different There is a progress bar and an number of minutes that your downloads are predicted to take 2m CED Clicking the button gives us a more detailed progress bar of the current downloading file s tehtv mp4 Show All Downloads Click on Show All Downloads to go to the Downloads section of Library window 28 Library Organise v Clear Downloads Search Downloads Q History DvdNaprednjaci avi Downloads E CO Tags OO 55 seconds remaining 3 8 of 10 6 MB 120 kB sec gt E All Bookmarks DvdNaprednjaci avi 13 seconds remaining 6 5 of 10
23. on the menu Edit View History Book Add Ne Ne v Navigation Toolbar Sidebar vY Bookmarks Toolbar d v Add on Bar Zoom Page Style Customise There is also the option to Customise your toolbars This is quite intuitive to use as it mentions You can add or remove items by dragging them to or from the toolbars This is a great way to take control of your browser by creating short cut icons to tools you use often You can add or remove items by dragging to or from the toolbars Activity Indi Tab Groups 6 Colorzilla FireFTP DownloadH FireFTP o Show Icons O UseSmallicons Add New Toolbar Resto 18 4 TABS SEARCHING AND SAVING USING TABBED BROWSING Tabbed browsing enables you to open several web pages in a single Firefox window Each page appears in a separate tab In the screen shot below you see a single window with two tabs displayed at the very top of the page Mozilla Home of the Mozilla Project mozilla org Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Thunderbird M Mozilla Home of the Moz Mozilla Foundation US mozilla org C H gt je Q wb A ill r 3 mozilla v E We are mozilla Doing good is part of our code To open a new tab click on the sign to the right of the two tabs shown or use the Orange Button menu command New Tab or Press Ctrl T New tabs will open immediately to the right of the current tab To open a link in a new t
24. option and you will be asked to enter a password Change Master Password A Master Password is used to protect sensitive information like site passwords If you create a Master Password you will be asked to enter it once per session when Firefox retrieves saved information protected by the password Current password Enter new password Re enter password Password quality meter Please make sure you remember the Master Password you have set IF you forget your Master Password you will be unable to access any of the information protected by it Cancel The next time you start Firefox you will be asked for the Master Password Password Required Please enter the master password for the Software Security Device Don t lose this password or you will also lose access to all your saved passwords if you have to reset it DOWNLOADING FILES Close 2 Perhaps the most essential function of the Internet is the ability to quickly transfer data files from one location on the Internet to another location These files can be programs images music video or documents When you click a link it is handled according to preferences set in Firefox s Applications settings if this Normally we do not need to change these settings Downloading Files Without Displaying Them Even if a file will display in your browser a pdf file for example you may want to save it for later rather than reading it immediately In
25. this password The password is stored on your computer that is easy for Firefox for you or for anyone who can get access to your computer to access To have a look at the passwords you have saved go to your Options Preferences select the Security tab and Click on Saved Passwords Firefox Preferences ix p Qa G General Tabs Content Applications Privacy SaS Advanced amp warn me when sites try to install add ons Exceptions Block reported attack sites Block reported web forgeries Passwords amp Remember passwords for sites Exceptions Use a master password Saved Passwords This will bring up a list of all the websites and usernames associated with passwords you have saved 26 Saved Passwords Search Passwords for the Following sites are stored on your computer Site v Username ftp cl b ftp cl ftp fli ftp fr http hrFn S Remove Remove All Show Passwords Click on the Show Passwords button and uou can see a new column with all the saved passwords This is a great thing to know if you want to discover a password you have forgotten but it does represent a bit of a security risk In order to make this safer you can set a Master Password Firefox will ask for this Master Password when you start browsing in order to access all of your saved passwords Return to the Security tab of your preferences and you will see the option to Use a master password Select this
26. use was commissioned by Internews as part of the Human Rights Connect Expand programme It contains an updated summary of the longer Firefox manual on FLOSS Manuals and uses other existing material from Bypassing Internet Censorship and Basic Internet Security New original material has been added by project editors Mick Fuzz and Jacques Sauvage ORIGINAL FIREFOX BOOKSPRINT The longer Firefox manual evolved during a two day Book Sprint at the Doctrain West conference Scott Abel extended the invitation and the sprint was a collaborative effort by FLOSS Manuals Doctrain West and the Mozilla Foundation 25 writers collaborated over two days in virtual and real space to produce a book in two days In addition to original content large amounts of material were reused from the excellent Firefox Support Knowledge Base WHAT IS FLOSS Firefox is entirely free FLOSS software You do not have to pay anything to download and install it FLOSS is an abbreviation for Free Libre Open Source Software While there are dozens of variations of these terms in use all FLOSS software shares some of the same basic ideals of software freedom including Freedom to run the program Free access to complete source code Freedom to study the code Freedom to modify the code Freedom to redistribute the modified code FIREFOX AND THE COMMUNITY For many users Firefox is their first introduction to FLOSS and the ideas it represents FLOSS is a core
27. Current Post as Template To set up your publishing details for a blog click on the Add A New 42 Blog link Follow the instructions to fill in the URL of your blog You may need to be logged in to your blog while you are setting this up to enable this to work FIREFOGG Firefogg is an open source GPL licensed Firefox extension for encoding Ogg video and WebM video files It s simple to use especially if you are already using the Firefox browser FireFogg is an extension for Firefox and you will not have to download and install a separate application Just install the extension and encode your video in Firefox When you have Firefox running visit firefogg org Click Install Firefogg Firefox will ask you whether you really want to allow the site to install an extension Click Allow to continue Firefox will present the standard software installation window Click Install to continue After restarting Firefox go back to firefogg org to confirm that Firefogg was successfully installed You can now encode your video directly from Firefox Firefogg video encoding and uploading for Firefox Mozilla Firefox Ces s Ele Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help Y A Lu httpi firefogg org z E Goo Pp Firefogg video encoding and upload Firefogg video encoding and uploading for Firefox Sites using Firefogg Use Firefogg on your Site Make Ogg Video Done eB row Click Make web V
28. Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help Mozilla Hor Show All History Clear Recent History Shift Ctrl Delete k Recently Closed Tabs Recently Closed Windows 24 You can then select different options of how much of you history you want to delete based on the time period and the kind of information that Firefox stores Clear Recent History Time range to clear Last Two Hours l Details Browsing amp Download History amp Form amp Search History Cookies O Cache Active Logins Offline Website Data _ Site Preferences You can learn more about these settings in other parts of this guide about security and privacy Searching your History To search your history select the menu option History gt Show All History This brings up the History section of the Library window V tivrary I Organize Views Import and Backup Search gt History Name Tags Location X Downloads oday Tags Yesterday gt B All Bookmarks Name Today If you can remember part of the name of your page you can search for it in the search Search History bar at the top right of the dialogue box USING FORMS ON THE WEB Firefox remembers what you have typed in forms and presents a drop down list which can be used to reduce the amount of typing required Personal information such as name address phone number and credit card number will be retained on the
29. FIREFOX Published 2013 06 04 License None INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION TO FIREFOX 1 INTRODUCTION TO FIREFOX Our guess Is that you wouldn t be reading this chapter unless you already knew what a Web browser was However if you don t know a browser is the software you use to visit and view Web sites on the Internet The Internet is a giant network of computers all connected to each other Some of the computers are Web servers computers that have Web sites on them If you want to visit these sites from your computer or a mobile device you need a way to surf around and display them That s what a browser does One of the most popular browsers is Firefox a free open source Web browser created by the Mozilla foundation in 2003 Firefox runs on all the major operating systems Windows MacOS and Linux and it has been translated into more than 75 languages Best of all It s completely free of charge WHERE TO GET FIREFOX If you want to install Firefox you can find the installation files here https www mozilla com When you visit this site you will be presented automatically with the correct installation file for your operating system Windows Mac Linux For more information on how to install Firefox on each of these operating systems please see later chapters WHAT IS A FIREFOX ADD ON When you first download and install Firefox it can handle basic browser tasks immediately You can also add extra c
30. GENT Regional Internet registry ARIN My external IP My country United Kingdom My country code GB If you right click on the flag you will get a more detailed set of data and some tools which may be useful to check your security 59 Host IP 5 9 66 74 Copy to clipboard Update server IP now Countryinfo Report about wrong country Get reverse DNS for 5 9 66 74 Whois 5 9 66 74 Ping Traceroute Ping local Traceroute local My IP 88 96 226 6 Copy to clipboard Report about wrong country Update external IP now v Show external IP Get reverse DNS for 88 96 226 6 Whois 88 96 226 6 Ping Traceroute Ping Traceroute to any IP Provider by name by country city One of the tools available is Traceroute which briefly lists the path of your Internet connection to other websites traceroute 60 byte packets 4 95 m coo O60 nz OK JOD 4 5 6 E 524 418 ms o O 75 ms hos tr4 D 549 585 ms DO NOT TRACK ME DoNot TrackMe can stop identity thieves authorities A 7 advertisers social networks and spammers from tracking T J you When the Add on has been installed successfully you will see a button appear on your browser toolbar By default the Add On blocks all tracking When you visit a new webpage the button will show you a number that indicates how many trackers were blocked on that particular page 60 Clicking on the arrow next
31. Network Update Encryption Accessibility Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages E Search for text when I start typing Warn me when websites try to redirect or reload the page Browsing v Use autoscrolling V Use smooth scrolling V Use hardware acceleration when available V Check my spelling as I type System Defaults Always check to see if Firefox is the default browser on startup Firefox is currently your default browser Advanced T here are many options here but dealing with cache and certificates are ones we deal with later EXPERT CONFIGURATION USING THE ABOUT CONFIG PAGE You can access more configuration in your browser window by entering about config into the Firefox window You will receive the following warning di This might void your warranty Changing these advanced settings can be harmful to the stability security and performance of this application You should only continue if you are sure of what you are doing Show this warning next time I ll be careful I promise Click I ll be careful promise You re now on the advanced configuration page From here you have access to all Firefox configuration variables You should have a solid grasp of the configuration variables before making any changes to avoid unwanted browser behavior 35 T INSTALLING ADD ONS To install Add ons select Tools gt Add ons to open the Add ons window in a ne
32. OCKS versions 4 4a and 5 can have its traffic anonymized with T or including e most Web browsers e many instant messaging and IRC clients e SSH clients e e mail clients 81 If you installed Tor from the Vidalia Bundle Tor Browser Bundle or Tor IM Browser Bundle T or will have also configured an HT TP application proxy as a front end to the Tor network This will allow some applications that do not support SOCKS to work with Tor If you are mostly interested in using Tor for Web surfing and chatting you may find it easiest to use the T or Browser Bundle or the Tor IM Browser Bundle which will provide you with ready to use pre configured solutions The Tor Browser Bundle also includes T orbutton which improves privacy protection when using T or with a Web browser Both versions of Tor can be downloaded at https www torproject org projects torbrowser ADVANTAGES AND RISKS Tor can be a very effective tool for circumvention and protecting your identity Tor s encryption hides the contents of your communications from your local network operator and conceals whom you are communicating with or what Web sites you re viewing When used properly it provides significantly stronger anonymity protection than a single proxy But e Tor is vulnerable to blocking Most Tor nodes are listed ina public directory so it is easy for network operators to access the list and add the IP addresses of nodes to a filter One way of attempt
33. UK SHARE DELETE ALL Grab My Books allows you to save the tabs you have open as a series of chapters in your epub You can also save the content of your saved RSS news feeds to create a snapshot of news articles DOWNLOAD HELPER Download Helper Add On is a good way of downloading web videos to your computer to view offline or to share in other ways It is able to store on your disk movie files for which the web site does not provide a Save File feature In addition DownloadHelper can download in 3 user clicks all the image and video files linked from a Web page After installing Download Helper you should see a new icon in your toolbar z gt IG Sometimes this icon does not install automatically or disappears this can happen after an update of Firefox or of the extension itself If you don t see the icon in the toolbar go to menu View T oolbar Customize and drag the Download Helper icon to your toolbar 41 You can add of remove items by dragging to or from the toolbars w a Dowricadts Phatay Boot mats New Tab ra a gt New Naden v Cops Parte d A D RA Java t Debegger Hepat Se ote bow s U ne Add New Todba Reto Deine Set Dome To use the Add On use your browser to visit video sites when Download Helper can do something for you this icon turns from being gray to being colorful and animated When the icon is animated you can see a small triangle at the right of the ic
34. WHAT IS A BRIDGE Bridge relays or bridges for short are Tor relays that aren t listed in the main public T or directory This is a deliberate measure to stop these relays from being blocked Even if your ISP is filtering connections to all the publicly known T or relays it may not be able to block all the bridges WHERE DO I FIND BRIDGES To use a bridge you need to locate one and add its information in your network settings A simple way to get a few bridges is by simply accessing https bridges torproject org with your Web browser If that Web site is blocked or you need more bridges send an e mail from a Gmail account to bridges torproject org with get bridges without the quotemarks in the body of the message 88 Search Mail Search the Web Ta bridges torproject org Add Cc Add Bcc Subject Attach a file B Z U fT amp get bridges Search add or invit Almost instantly you will receive a reply that includes information about a few bridges CNN com Recently Published Updated 3 million bilked in pyramid schemes Colomb Re no subject rb x iy bridges torproject org to me show details Feb 4 4 This is an automated message please do not reply Here are your bridge relays bridge 124 21 104 134 443 dd54d2e1d00641433b5aa658a77cde8574a73253 bridge 151 203 56 243 9001 f645794e95945e854a95e05d969c561a906ecdcf bridge 89 136 148 225 443 45797118aa4205b845061e6762811f7e5e666821 Bridge r
35. Your network operator may decide to block the secure versions of Web sites in order to increase its ability to spy on what you do In such cases HT TPS Everywhere could prevent you from using these sites because it forces your browser to use only the secure version of these sites never the insecure version For example we heard about an airport Wi Fi network where all HT TP connections were permitted but not HT TPS connections Perhaps the Wi Fi operators were interested in watching what users did At that airport users with HT TPS Everywhere were not able to use certain Web sites unless they temporarily disabled HT TPS Everywhere In this scenario you might choose to use HT T PS Everywhere together with a circumvention technology such as Tor or a VPN in order to bypass the network s blocking of secure access to Web sites Adding support for additional sites in HT TPS Everywhere You can add your own rules to the HTTPS Everywhere add on for your favorite Web sites You can find out how to do that at https www eff org https everywhere rulesets The benefit of adding rules is that they teach HT TPS Everywhere how to ensure that your access to these sites is secure But remember HT TPS Everywhere does not allow you to access sites securely unless the site operators have already chosen to make their sites available through HTTPS If a site does not support HTTPS there is no benefit in adding a ruleset for it If you are managing a Web si
36. ab if you have a mouse with a scroll wheel dick the wheel while pointing to a link or right click the link and the link will open in a new tab A simple way to close single tabs is to click the Close Tab button M Mozilla Get Involved volu f z b SEARCHING The Firefox search bar comes pre loaded with access to some search engines For example if you want to find information about the World Cup Click in the search bar c WOOGIE Type the phrase world cup Your typing replaces any text currently in the search bar Press Enter Return or click the magnifying glass to search The search results for world cup appear in the Firefox window Other search engines can be accessed from the drop down menu included in the left hand side of the search box Searching for text within a page To find text within the page you are currently viewing in Firefox 19 Press Ctrl F or select Find from the Firefox Orange Menu Button to open the Find Toolbar at the bottom of the Firefox window T ype the text you want to find The search automatically begins as soon as you type something into the search box X Find tournament 4 Next F Previous Highlight all Match case Clearing all search items in the History To clear all items in your search history right click hold down the Ctrl key while you click on the input field of the search bar and select Clear Search History Paste Paste amp Search Clear Search His
37. alance between convenience and security Getting started with NoScript 70 1 Go to the NoScript download section at http noscript net getit Click on the green INSTALL button 2 Confirm that you want NoScript by clicking Install Now Add ons Manager ltal e 5 At Y noscript P Name Last Updated Best match Search My Add ons GAEE e Fears NoScript 2 0 9 8 5 o 0 iMacros for Fire 7 1 1 2 Wednesday February 09 2011 Automate Firefox Record and replay repetitio More Install e e Shareaholic Share 2 2 0 y December17 2010 Q Shareaholic is the easiest way to share interes More Install BES ik O Beef Taco Targete 1 3 3 Monday February 07 2011 v Sets permanent opt out cookies to stop beha More Install Integrated Gmail 2 6 11 Wednesday January 26 2011 Gmail Gonnle Calendar Gononle Reader More Install o 2 i 3 Restart your browser when asked Firefox 7 4 Add ons Manager xt noscript Name Last Updated Best match Search My Add ons GAVENE e EISE ipt will be installed aft estart R Und ee er you r NoScript 2 0 9 8 Wednesday February 23 2011 Extra protection for your Firefox NoScript allows JavaScript Jav More iMacros for Fire 7 1 1 2 Wednesday February 09 2011 Automate Firefox Record and replay repetiti More Install Shareaholic Share 2 2 0 F iday December 17 2010
38. alling from split files 85 1 In your Web browser enter the URL for the split version of the Tor Browser Bundle https www torproject org projects torbrowser split html en then click the link for your language to get to a page that looks like the one for English below amp Index of torbrow File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help Sts London Fri 03 19 S Amsterdam Fri 04 1 ra v B 4 https www torproject orgitorbrowser dist tor browser 1 1 4 e Index of torbrowser dist tor bro tu D Last modified Size Description Parent Directory signatures 13 Oct 2008 13 49 tor browser 1 1 4 en US split partOl exe 13 Oct 2008 13 49 1 4M tor browser 1 1 4 en US split part02 rar 13 Oct 2008 13 49 1 4M tor browser 1 1 4 en US split part03 rar 13 Oct 2008 13 50 1 4M tor browser 1 1 4 en US split part04 rar 13 Oct 2008 13 50 1 4M tor browser 1 1 4 en US split part05 rar 13 Oct 2008 13 49 1 4M tor browser 1 1 4 en US split partO6 rar 13 Oct 2008 13 50 1 4M tor browser 1 1 4 en US split part07 rar 13 Oct 2008 13 49 1 4M tor browser 1 1 4 en US split partO08 rar 13 Oct 2008 13 50 1 4M tor browser 1 1 4 en US split partO9 rar 13 Oct 2008 13 50 1 4M tor browser 1 1 4 en US split partlO rar 13 Oct 2008 13 49 1 4M bBOoGoGeoGoGoGuaG G SS P C y m 2 Click each file to download it one ending in exe and nine others ending in rar one after the other and save them all in one folder on your hard drive 3 Double click
39. an also be reached via a secure connection but not necessarily by default Note that most sites do not provide encryption 54 SITE IDENTITY BUTTON The Site Identity Button is another Firefox security feature that gives you more information about every site you visit Using the Site Identity Button you can find out who owns the website and who verified that ownership and if the communication channel between you and the site is encrypted via HT TPS The Site Identity Button is in the Location bar to the left of the web address in the location bar Blogger Create your Blog Now FREE Mozilla Firefox File Edit wiew History Bookmark On c 2 Most Visited fl Getting Started Tools Help tps Jwww blogger comJstart Latest Headlines When viewing a website the Site Identity Button will display in one of three colors gray blue or green Clicking on the Site Identity Button displays more details security and identity information about the website and a gray blue or green Passport Officer icon Gray No identity information When the Site Identity button is gray that indicates that the site doesnt provide any identity information at all I oobi he wi vob cem E This web site does not supply identity information Your connection to this web site is not encrypted More Information Most websites have the gray button because they don t involve passing sensitive information back
40. and forth However if you are sending any sort of sensitive information bank information credit card data Social Security Numbers etc the Site Identity Button should not be gray Blue Basic identity information When the Site Identity button is blue that indicates that the site s domain has been verified and the connection between Firefox and the server is encrypted and protected against eavesdroppers 55 EP ges ec elton https feasyweb tdcanadatrust com Vy You are connected to tdcanadatrust com which is run by unknown Verified by RSA Data Security Inc Your connection to this web site is encrypted to prevent eavesdropping PI When a domain has been verified it means that the people who are running the site have bought a certificate proving that they own the domain You can see more information about the site by clicking the More Information button on the Site Identification dialog Green Complete identity information PEE EAE gts sto paypal comj pir You are connected to paypal com which is run by Paypal Inc San Jose CA LIS Verified by VeriSign Inc a Your connection to this web site is encrypted to prevent eavesdropping More Information When the Site Identity button is green that indicates that the site provides fully verified identity information about its owner and that the connection is encrypted PHISHING AND MALWARE PROTECTION
41. apabilities or change the way Firefox behaves by installing add ons small additions that extend Firefox s power There are several kinds of add ons e extensions that provide additional functionality to the browser e themes that change Firefox s appearance e plugins that help Firefox handle things it normally can t process for instance Flash movies Java applications and so on The variety of add ons available is enormous You can add dictionaries for different languages track the weather in other countries get suggestions for Web sites which are similar to the one you are currently viewing and much more Firefox keeps a list of current add ons on its site https addons mozilla org firefox Before you install any add on keep in mind that it can read a lot of information from your browser so it is very important to choose add ons from trusted sources Otherwise an add on you install might share information about you without your knowing keep a record of the sites you have visited or even harm your computer We recommend that you never install an add on for Firefox unless it is available from the Firefox add on pages You should also never install Firefox unless you get the installation files from a trusted source It is important to note that using Firefox on someone else s computer or in an Internet caf increases your potential vulnerability ABOUT THIS MANUAL T his summary of the Firefox manual focusing on the security
42. asic circumvention needs After deciding which edition you want click Install 11 Firefox v os eos x Mozila Firefox Start page 5 Add ons Manager 4d NEM WE foxyproxy Name Last Updated Best match Search My Add ons GEER Ie elak xb FoxyProxy Standard 2 22 5 Thursday January 20 2011 FoxyProxy is an advanced proxy managementto More Install FoxyProxy Basic 1 8 5 iMacros for Firefox 7 1 1 2 Wednesday February 09 2011 Automate Firefox Record and replay repetitious More Install Bi After installation Firefox should restart and open the Help site of FoxyProxy You should see the FoxyProxy icon at the bottom right Firefox E sb hep sigetorypronyorg basichelphtm 77 C gt eese P f E N S pany FoxyProxy Basic Edition Tip Use Alt F3 to create a new proxy based on the sele home example highlight this text download 114 127 246 36 8080 D paid proxy services then press Alt F3 If you prefer the mouse you can righ choose FoxyProxy Basic Set 114 127 246 36 8080 screenshots foxyproxy plus More help coming soon in the meantime post questio help Configuration For FoxyProxy to do its job it needs to know what proxy settings to use Open the configuration window by clicking the icon at the bottom right of the Firefox window The configuration window looks like this 78 Ej Proxies Global Setti
43. computer upon which you have entered this information As this can present a security risk you should clear this information from any computer which is not secure 25 Deleting individual form entries If you want to remove one of your previous form entries from Firefox s history 1 Click on the form field and press the down arrow key to display all the saved entries You may type the first few letters of the entry to limit the number of entries displayed 2 Use the down arrow key or the mouse pointer to highlight the entry you wish to delete 3 Press Delete The entry will be removed Clearing form history If you want Firefox to forget all of your previous form entries this is possible Have a look at the section on History Prevent Firefox from storing form entries If you don t want Firefox to remember what you ve entered into form fields you can turn off the auto form fill feature Click on Options from the Orange Firefox Button drop down menu and select the Privacy panel Under History choose the Never remember History option from the drop down menu and click OK MANAGING PASSWORDS AND SETTING A MASTER PASSWORD When you fill out your passwords online Firefox may ask if you want to remember this password ch Would you like to remember the password for fish se onc org Remember Password v This is a handy thing to do right Well yes it is but you should be aware what is involved in saving
44. e NoScript button selecting Options and then clicking on the Whitelist tab 12 You can specify which web sites are allowed to execute scripts Type the address or the domain e g http www site com or site com of the site you want to allow and then click Allow Address of web site E M addons mozilla org flashgot net google com googleapis com googlesyndication com gstatic com hotmail com informaction com js wlxrs com live com maone net mozilla net Remove Selected Sites Revoke Temporary Permissions cancel Marking content as untrusted If you want to permanently prevent scripts from loading on a particular Web site you can mark it as untrusted just click the NoScript icon open the Untrusted menu and select Mark domain name as Untrusted NoScript will remember your choice even if the Allow Scripts Globally option is enabled 13 BYPASSING CENSORSHIP 15 BYPASSING CENSORSHIP IN FIREFOX 16 TOR THE ONION ROUTER 74 15 BYPASSING CENSORSHIP IN FIREFOX Just as many individuals corporations and governments see the Internet as a source of dangerous information that must be controlled there are many individuals and groups who are working hard to ensure that the Internet and the information on tt is freely available to everyone who wants it These people have as many different motivations as those seeking to control the Internet However for someone whose Internet
45. elays or bridges for short are Tor relays that aren t listed in the main directory Since there is no complete public list of them even if your ISP is filtering connections to all the known Tor relays they probably won t be able to block all the bridges To use the above lines go to Vidalia s Network settings page and click My ISP blocks connections to the Tor network Then add each bridge address one at a time Configuring more than one bridge address will make your Tor connection Important Notes 1 You must use a Gmail account to send the request If torproject org accepted requests from other mail accounts an attacker could easily create a lot of email addresses and quickly learn about all the bridges If you do not have a Gmail account already creating one takes only a few minutes 2 If you are on a slow Internet connection you can use the URL https mail google com mail h for a direct access to the basic HT ML version of Gmail TURN ON BRIDGING AND ENTER BRIDGE INFORMATION After you get addresses for some bridge relays you must configure Tor with whatever bridge address you intend to use 89 1 Open the Tor control panel Vidalia 2 Click Settings A Settings window opens Uu I Tr eo Sharing Services Appearance Advanced x Settings General Iuse a proxy to access the Internet My Firewall only lets me connect to certain ports My ISP blocks connections to the
46. ht slow down Firefox Always show the tab bar Don t load tabs until selected When I open a link in a new tab switch to it immediately Show tab previews in the Windows taskbar Tabs The options here are about how Tabbed browsing is handled es dab m Q amp General Tabs Content Applications Privacy Security Sync Advanced Block pop up windows Load images automatically Enable JavaScript Fonts amp Colors Denton se Languages Choose your preferred language for displaying pages rum uar Content The main options here are about Languages for display and allowing pop up windows and java script 32 OH fer ao amp General Content Applications Privacy Security Sync Advanced Search Content Type Action 3GPP Video lI Use VLC Web Plugin in Firefox 75 Adobe Acrobat Forms Document ap a Use Adobe Acrobat in Firefox i Adobe Acrobat Forms Document ap a Use Adobe Acrobat in Firefox 75 Adobe Acrobat XML Data Package File jj Use Adobe Acrobat in Firefox amp irc 2 Always ask amp ircs 2 Always ask L mailto 2 Always ask MPEG Audio a Use VLC Web Plugin in Firefox MPEG 4 Audio lI Use VLC Web Plugin in Firefox MPEG 4 Video a Use VLC Web Plugin in Firefox Ogg Video application ogg lI Use VLC Web Plugin in Firefox Ogg Video video ogg MI Use VLC Web Plugin in Firefox Applications These options can be changed if you are unhappy with
47. ica Ixquick Mail com Meebo Microsoft Mozilla NL Overheid Noisebridge NYTimes PayPal Scroogle Torproject Twitter WashingtonPost Wikipedia WordPress com Zoho You can learn how to write your own rulesets to add support for other web sites here Disable A A list of all supported Web sites where HTTPS redirection rules should be applied will be displayed If you have problems with a specific redirection rule you can uncheck it here In that case HT T PS Everywhere will no longer modify your connections to that specific site USAGE Once enabled and configured HT T PS Everywhere is very easy and transparent to use T ype in an insecure HTTP URL for example http www google com 64 J Firefox Mozilla Firefox Start Page ed http www google com C tt E Search Advanced Search nces It s easy to customize your Firefox exactly the way you want it Choose from thousands of add ons Restore Previous Session About Mozilla Press Enter You will be automatically redirected to the secure HT TPS encrypted Web site in this example https encrypted google com No other action is needed Firefox Signin amp f SSL Google beta Go to classic Google Google Search I m Feeling Lucky Learn more about searching on Google with SSL Advertising Programs Business Solutions About Google Go to Google Deutschland 2011 Privacy If networks block HTTPS
48. ideo to start the encoding process Click Select File and browse to select a file from your computer T he video will show up with some information about its current encoding and size Select either Ogg or WebM video and then select the quality you want your target file to be Click on Encode and choose a location to save your open video file 43 Encode gt gt Encoding 33 35 a Estimated time remaining 00 00 39 Cancel Depending on the size and length of your video encoding can take a while When it is finished you will be able to find it in the location you chose above under the same name as the original and ending on webm or ogv 44 9 FIREFTP FireFT P is a Firefox add on that gives you a free open source cross platform FTP client If you have access to a Web server and you have an FTP account on that server then by using FireFTP you can put all your HT ML files podcasts media files backup files or anything you want online It works on Mac OS X Windows and Linux this is very useful if you ever find yourself on someone else s machine or if you travel and find yourself stranded in an Internet cafe in desperate need of an FTP application It is free software the download size is extremely small and even better the FireFTP installation process is simple It s truly a wonderful thing STARTING FIREFTP To start FireFTP click Tools gt FireF TP FireF TP FireFT P opens in a new wind
49. ific elements or Web sites 69 You can see the elements identified by AdBlock Plus by clicking on the ABP icon in your browser usually next to the search bar and c selecting Open blockable items or by pressing Ctrb Shit V A window at the bottom of your browser will let you enable or disable each element on a case by case basis Alternatively you can disable AdBlock Plus for a specific domain or page by clicking on the ABP icon and ticking the option Disable on domain name or Disable on this page only NOSCRIPT The NoScript extension takes browser protection further by globally blocking all JavaScript Java and other executable content that could load from a Web site and run on your computer To tell NoScript to ignore specific sites you need to add them to a whitelist T his may sound tedious but NoScript does a good job in protecting Internet users from several threats such as cross site scripting when attackers place malicious code from one site in another site and clickjacking when clicking on an innocuous object on a page reveals confidential information or allows the attacker to take control of your computer To get NoScript visit http addons mozilla org or http noscript net getit The same method by which NoScript protects you can alter the appearance and functionality of good Web pages too Luckily you can adjust how NoScript treats individual pages or Web sites manually it Is up to you to find the right b
50. il and instant messaging tools T he SOCKS proxy information looks just like HTTP proxy information You can use a Web proxy directly without any configuration by typing in the URL The HTTP and SOCKS proxies however have to be configured in your Web browser DEFAULT FIREFOX PROXY CONFIGURATION In Firefox 4 Linux you enter the configuration screen by clicking on the Firefox menu at the top left on your screen and then selecting Options In the pop up window select the icon labeled Advanced and then choose the Network tab You should see this window 79 General Tabs Content Applications Privacy Security General Network Update Connection Configure how Firefox connects to the Internet Offline Storage Your cache is currently using 7 6 MB of disk space Override automatic cache management Limit cache to 10244 MB of space Tell me when a website asks to store data for offline use The following websites have stored data for offline use Remove Select Settings click on Manual proxy configuration and enter the information of the proxy server you want to use Please remember that HT TP proxies and SOCKS proxies work differently and have to be entered in the corresponding fields If there is a colon in your proxy information that is the separator between the proxy address and the port number Your screen should look like this Configure Proxies to Access the Internet No proxy
51. ing to get around this kind of blocking is to use one of several Tor bridges which are T or entry nodes not publicly listed specifically to avoid blocking e Some programs you might use with Tor have problems that can compromise anonymity The Tor Browser Bundle comes with a version of Firefox with Torbutton installed Torbutton disables some plugins and changes your browser fingerprint so it looks like any other Torbutton user Tor will not protect you if you do not configure your appplications to run through Tor Some plugins and scripts ignore local proxy settings and can reveal your IP address e f you re not using additional encryption to protect your communications your data will be unencrypted once it reaches the last Tor node in the chain called an exit node T his means that your data will be potentially visible to the owner of the last Tor node and to the ISP between that node and your destination Web site T he developers of Tor have thought a lot about these and other risks and offer three warnings 1 Tor does not protect you if you do not use it correctly Read the list of warnings here https www torproject org download download html en warning and then make sure to follow the instructions for your platform carefully https www torproject org documentation html en RunningT or 2 Even if you configure and use Tor correctly there are still potential attacks that could compromise Tor s ability to protect exceptio
52. ings sol Fri 24 May 2013 06 31 static animoto com settings LSO gt settings sol j Fri 24 May 2013 07 31 Full path home mickfuzz macromedia Flash_Player macromedia com support flashplayer sys archive org settir Status Sun 26 May 2013 12 38 49 BST Prevent automatic LSO deletion Edit protection list Automatically removed LSO s Since Installation 129 Cumulative 129 Usually automatic deletion of flash cookies is safe You can protect certain desired Flash cookies This might be needed if you play online flash games After some configuration to project the flash cookies you do want you can leave this Add On running in the background where it will keep working without your attention WORLD IP This Add on shows the IP of the server you are connecting to It aims to display up to date information about physical location of a Web server you are currently visiting It represents this in different ways By listing the country showing a flag which can be displayed in the location toolbar showing all IP addresses of the server IPv4 and IPv6 and listing the name of the data center the webserver is hosted in After installing World IP left clicking on the flag shown will bring up a summary of this information was network23 c w e EEr Q NETWOR Hostname network23 org Host IP 199 58 81 221 Country Canada Country code CA Provider Datacenter Netelligent Hosting Services Inc AS number 10929 AS name NETELLI
53. interface allows you to protect the cookies that you want and are useful to you and delete the rest BETTER PRIVACY Better Privacy serves to protect against special longterm cookies a new generation of Super Cookie which silently conquered the Internet This new cookie generation offers unlimited user tracking to industry and market research Concerning privacy Flash cookies are most critical This add on was made to make users aware of those hidden never expiring objects and to offer an easier way to view and to manage them since browsers are unable to do that for you This Add on works in a similar way to other cookie managers It can list and manage these Flash cookies It can also remove these objects when you start Firefox 58 BetterPrivacy LSO Manager Options amp Help Flash Cookies LSO s SuperCookies Pieces of information placed by a Flash plugin into central folders on your co Flash Data Directory home mickfuzz macromedia S Remove or protect stored LSO s Protection prevents automatic deletion by BetterPrivacy but not deletion by the LSO c Origin Name 2 Modified s ytimg com videostats sol 27 Sat 25 May 2013 13 21 a blip tv com conviva livePass sol 12 Sat 25 May 2013 12 44 a blip tv neighborLoadingStart sol 5 Fri 24 May 2013 06 31 a blip tv settings LSO gt settings sol 79 Fri 24 May 2013 06 31 default LSO settings sol Fri 24 May 2013 07 31 flash quantserve com settings LSO sett
54. ionately call it the Awesome Bar instead It allows you to use the Down Arrow key or your mouse to highlight the URL of the site you want to visit Press Enter or click your selection T he website you selected appears 16 The Location Bar learns which sites you visit most frequently and optimizes the result listing to match your personal style After a few weeks it can require as little as typing a single letter in the location bar to get to frequently visited pages WEB KEYWORD SEARCHES If you enter text into the Location Bar that is not a valid web address Firefox tries to direct you to the location it believes you intended Firefox first tries to send your request to an Internet Keyword search service T his service is Google s Browse by Name http toolbar google com bbn_help html service by default For example If you type mozilla foundation into the location bar Firefox sends that text to the Google Browse by Name service since it is not a valid URL address The service directs you to its best match for your request in this case http www mozilla org For an entry without a clear match to a URL Firefox displays search results for the entry If you enter an incomplete web address Firefox tries to guess the address CLEARING THE HISTORY Firefox keeps a history of the Web sites and pages that you ve visited It uses this list to generate suggestions as you type in the location bar However you might not want
55. kmarks MISSION ABOUT PRODUCTS GET INVOLVED mozilla mozilla Built for the Web Our dedication to driving the Web forward and keeping it open to everyone extends through everything we do Wl Provide various commands for using Firefox The arrows at the top left are your Back and Forward buttons The Refresh button is found to the far right actually in the Location Bar This long box search or enter address is where you enter text for typing the URL of a web page Allow you to open multiple web pages at the same time and switch between them by dicking on a tab Used for navigation and bookmarking among many other functions Clicking on the Bookmarks button to the top right of the page displays your bookmarks and enables you to make remove name move or tag a bookmark The way that menus are displayed in Firefox varies depending on which operating system you are using T his makes it a little tricky to write this guide T o make it easier here is a short summary of how to find the menus Windows In windows most menu options are available by clicking on the orange Firefox button iSO et Qi welcome to Firefox XtreamLab Sq New Tab gt x P Bookmarks 598 New Private Window History b ummary oF Firefox draft vil Downloads User Ta Make Video Find Save Page As Jf Add ons Email Link Options E Options Print d Menu Bar Web Developer wv Navigation Toolbar Full Sc
56. ks History Passwords and other data from Safari 10 7 To import your bookmarks passwords and other data from Safari Click Continue 8 Click Continue Now you see the Welcome to Firefox page Congratulations you are now ready to use Firefox INSTALLING FIREFOX ON UBUNTU Firefox is already installed on Ubuntu as part of the normal installation Accessing it is easy If you are using an installation of Ubuntu with no changes to the default Desktop you should see the Firefox logo towards the top left of your screen Firefox Web Browser qe res ue aT o Ds Click on the log and Firefox starts and a welcome window opens t Ubuntu Start Page rn amp Ubuntu help KI Ubuntu shop gt e Ubuntu community gt UPDATING FIREFOX T Recent versions of Firefox automatically update themselves Updates are downloaded in the background and installed when you restart Firefox 12 USING FIREFOX 3 INTERFACE OVERVIEW 4 TABS SEARCHING AND SAVING 5 BOOKMARKS HISTORY AND DOWNLOADING FILES 3 INTERFACE OVERVIEW The basic Firefox window includes menus buttons toolbars and a search box The following image shows the basic window For an explanation of the main functions see the table following the image bes 34 4 5 6 7 Fire ox frilla Firetox Mmozilla Get amp amp Easy YouTud A m My gt www moiilla org en US products c B Goo ff EJ Boo
57. m requesting https domain com page Is the same as what you get from requesting h he only way to switch every page to https is to fetch the page insecurely first There is a Chre Enforcer which attempts to take that approach but it does not appear to be implemented sec seemed to always use http before https which means that your surfing habits and authentica this may be a limitation of the Chrome Extensions framework License HTTPS Everywhere is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 or later To development page Attachment Size https everywhere 0 9 2 xpi 55 82 KB https everywhere 0 9 9 development 3 xpi 188 9 KB https everywhere 0 9 4 xpi 56 18 KB Changelog txt 5 66 KB CONFIGURATION To access the HTTPS Everywhere settings panel in Firefox 4 Linux dick on the Firefox menu at the top left on your screen and then select Add ons Manager Note that in different versions of Firefox and different operating systems the Add ons Manager may be located in different places in the interface Firefox ibd Add ons Manager a z t z Search all add ons P HTTPS Everywhere 0 9 4 Encrypt the Web More Options Click on the Options button Which HTTPS redirection rules should apply Amazon buggy Amazon 53 bit ly CDT Cisco testing Dropbox DuckDuckGo EFF Evernote Facebook Facebook may break apps Gentoo GitHub GMX Google APIs Google Search GoogleServices Hotmail Live Ident
58. me and visit http www mozilla com firefox mozilla v amp Firefox Different by design Firefox Proudly Innovating Fast flexible non profit for you secure m Monilla Freto Start Page TOUR DESKTOP MOBILE ADD ONS SUPPORT ABOUT 2 Click Firefox Free Download and your computer will start receiving the setup file This should appear in your Downloads folder Once the download completes close all of the programs you are using before you install Mozilla Firefox 3 Open the file by double clicking the file with your mouse to start the Firefox install wizard o f you get a Security Warning and you should allow the setup to run by clicking Run o f prompted to allow the program to make changes to your computer click Yes A welcome screen appears 4 Click Next to continue The Setup Type screen appears A Standard setup is selected by default using the custom option is only recommended for experienced users 15 Mozilla Firefox Setup Setup Type Choose setup options Choose the type of setup you prefer then click Next Standard Firefox will be installed with the most common options Custom You may choose individual options to be installed Recommended for experienced users En Click Next to continue 6 Firefox installs itself as your default browser If you do not want Firefox to be your default browser clear the check box Use Firefox as my default web browser
59. n you should not rely solely on the current Tor network if you really need strong anonymity USING TOR BROWSER BUNDLE The Tor Browser Bundle lets you use Tor on Windows OS X or GNU Linux without requiring you to configure a Web browser Even better it s also a portable application that can be run from a USB flash drive allowing you to carry it to any computer without installing it on each computer s hard drive 82 DOWNLOADING TOR BROWSER BUNDLE You can download the Tor Browser Bundle from the torproject org Web site either as a single file or a split version that is multiple files If your Internet connection is slow and unreliable the split version may work better than trying to download one very large file If the torproject org Web site is filtered from where you are type tor mirrors in your favorite Web search engine the results will probably include some alternative addresses to download the T or Browser Bundle Get Tor through e mail send an e mail to gettor torproject org with help in the message body and you will receive instructions on how to have the autoresponder bot send you the T or software Caution When you download the Tor Browser Bundle plain or split versions you should check the signatures of the files especially if you are downloading the files from a mirror site This step ensures that the files have not been tampered with To learn more about signature files and how to check them read h
60. n in a previous chapter on History However you may prefer not to save this information or to save only some of this information For example you may be using another person s computer or visiting sites with sensitive information You might also wish to remove previously stored data PRIVATE BROWSING Firefox has a feature called Private Browsing where none of the above information is saved until Private Browsing is turned off To start Private Browsing go to your menu and Select File New Private Window File Edit View History Bookmarks New Tab New Window New Private Window Shift Ctrl P Open File R Save Page As Email Link Page Setup Print Preview Print Work Offline Quit e You will then enter Private Browsing mode and the Private Browsing information screen will appear 52 Private Browsing Mozilla Firefox Private Browsing F9 Private Browsing Private Browsing Firefox won t remember any history for this window In a Private Browsing window Firefox won t keep any browser history search history download history web form history cookies or temporary internet files However files you download and bookmarks you make will be kept To stop Private Browsing you can close this window while this computer won t have a record of your browsing history your internet service provider or employer can still track the pages you visit Learn More When browsing in Private
61. n use DownT hemAll to download a whole gallery of images very quickly It is a very powerful tool Try it out 97 rcnt Download Description http tehfanzine files wordpress com 2011 10 img 0506 jpg w 550 ll http tehfanzine files wordpress com 2011 10 img 0531 jpg w 550 Wi http tehfanzine files wordpress com 2011 10 img 0536 jpg w 550 W http tehfanzine files wordpress com 2011 10 img 0548 jpg w 550 http tehfanzine Files wordpress com 2011 10 img 0554 jpg w 550 http tehfanzine files wordpress com 2011 10 img_0558 jpg w 550 ill http tehfanzine files wordpress com 2011 10 img_0561 jpg w 550 li http tehfanzine files wordpress com 2011 10 img_0568 jpg w 550 Wi http tehfanzine files wordpress com 2011 10 img 0575 jpg w 550 W http tehfanzine Files wordpress com 2011 10 img 0577 jpg w 550 http tehfanzine files wordpress com 2011 10 img_0580 jpg w 550 http tehfanzine files wordpress com 2011 10 img_0586 jpg w 550 http tehfanzine files wordpress com 2011 10 img 0506 jpg w 150 IMG 0506 E htto tehfanzine files wordoress com 2011 10 ima 0531 ina w 150 IMG 0531 Save Files in Renaming Mask media PENDRIVE amp name ext PEE Ge eeegeBseeed Filters All files Images pg png GIF Images JPEG Images PNG Images Videos mpeg avi v Fast Filtering JP9 SCREENGRAB FIX VERSION This Add on saves pages or sections as an image quickly After installing you will see an ic
62. ngs Color Proxy Name E Move Up v Move Down CS 05 amp Edit Selection g Copy Selection g Delete Selection rene tene 18 Getfontion Pi ay bn Serie Click on Add New Proxy In the following window enter the proxy details in a similar way to the default Firefox proxy configuration Proxy Details Direct internet connection no proxy 9 Manual Proxy Configuration Help Where are settings for HTTP SSL FTP Gopher and SOCKS Host or IP Address my proxy server provider org SOCKS proxy SOCKSv4 4a SOCKS v5 Automatic proxy configuration URL nttp s ftp fie relative Reload the PAC every 60 minutes Notifications Notify me about proxy auto configuration file loads Notify me about proxy auto configuration file errors Select Manual Proxy Configuration enter the host or IP address and the port of your proxy in the appropriate fields Check SOCKS proxy if applicable then click OK You can add more proxies by repeating the steps above Usage You can switch among your proxies or choose not to use a proxy by right clicking on the fox icon on the bottom right of your Firefox window 19 Use proxy 114 127 246 36 for all URLs Use proxy Default for all URLs Completely disable FoxyProxy Options Use Advanced Menus To select a proxy server simply left click on the proxy you want to use
63. nto smaller parts Tor Browser Bundle for Windows with Firefox version 1 3 17 16 MB English en US signature i 2 ar signature Deutsch de signature Espa ol es ES siar Mure 2 45 fa Signature Francais fr signature Italiano t signature Nederlands nl signature Polish pl signature Portugu s pt PT signature Pyccrnm ru signature Vietnamese vi signature Si s zh CN signature Tor IM Browser Bundle for Windows with Firefox and Pidgin version 1 3 17 25 MB English en US signature ix ar signature Deutsch de signature Espa ol es ES signature ct fa signature Francais fr signature Italiano it sianature 3 Double click the exe file that you have now downloaded A 7 Zip self extracting archive window appears OSEE T 7 Zip self extracting archive Extract to C Documents and SettingssDesktop nd tea 84 1 Choose a folder into which you want to extract the files and click Extract Note you can choose to extract the files directly onto a USB flash drive if you want to use Tor Browser on different computers for instance on public computers in Internet caf s 2 When the extraction is completed open the folder and check that the contents match the image below Gress Tor Browser j File Edit View Fa ae FirefoxPortable Start Tor Browser To clean up delete the exe file you originally downloaded Inst
64. ode is a special mode of Firefox that can be used to troubleshoot issues Your add ons and custom settings will be temporarily disabled You can also Reset Firefox if you want to start fresh Then choose Start in Safe Mode As you can see if this doesn t fix your problem you also have an option to Reset Firefox T his restores Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information 37 MEDIA AND OFFLINE TOOLS 8 ADD ONS FOR WORKING OFFLINE 9 FIREFTP 38 a ADD ONS FOR WORKING OFFLINE These plugins are useful if your don t have a reliable or unfiltered Internet connection In this situation when you are able access materials it is an advantage to download this material for offline use In addition some tools and services which increase your security or bypass censorship make using the Internet much slower In this case it Is good to be able to work offline in a way that makes it quicker to publish or share your content quickly when you do have a suitable connection Some of these issues can be solved by using other tools perhaps an email client like Thunderbird T here are also some great Add Ons for Firefox that can help DOWNTHEMALL The key advantages of using this Add On is that it gives you the ability to download lots of images all at once and to be able to download them quickly down THEMall It also allows you to be able to resume downloads This is very helpful if internet
65. on Click on this arrow to open the download menu You are offered the ability to download the file in a variety of sizes and formats 6 ttps www youtube com watch v n Medium Engagemedia org Now In Malaysia mp4 720p Engagemedia org No An Malaysia mp4 480p Engagemedia org Now In Malaysia flv 360p Engagemedia org Now In Malaysia flv 240p Engagemedia org Now In Malaysia flv Mobile Engagemedia org Now In Malaysia 3gp Fnaaaemedia nra Now In Malav ia flv a For more information on using Download Helper you can also look at the user manual SCRIBEFIRE This is an interesting tool for Bloggers Scribefire allows you to write your blog posts offline and then upload them very quickly in the right format The Add On is compatible with Wordpress Tumblr Blogger and a few other types of blogs The writing interface it uses will be familiar to bloggers Using this Add On allows you to format your text and images whilst you are not connected to the Internet By adding your blog user details you can publish it all with one click when you do go online After installing the Add On you can click on the Scribefire icon if it is visible in your bottom tool bar s This brings up the writing and configuration Interface BLOG Add a New Blog Tte Click Add a New Blog fa get started Post Content POST Start a New Post Fonttumty Fontsuze B 7 U mx x Arce Z MPLATES Select a template Save
66. on in your Location toolbar 40 If you click on the arrow next to the icon you are presented with different options These include Save Copy Upload and Settings Visible portion N Copy Selection Upload Settings These the Save and Copy options work as you would expect them The upload feature is a nice addition which quickly uploads the image you choose to a web service which is a very quick way of sharing something GRAB MY BOOKS The Grab my Book Add On allows you to save online content to epubs for offline viewing Epubs are a fantastic format as they contain all images and text and retain the order of your pages all in one file This is a great way quickly to transfer content from Internet pages onto mobile devices for offline networking The tool which is a html to epub converter also contains an simple to use editor that allows you to edit the contents of your pages before transferring it into your ebook format You can also add a cover and title to your book using this editor lt 2 HacktionLab agatherin 5 gt EDIT ADD DELETE MORE GRAB MY BOOK UP uL ee ee ILL Would you like to sei a title HacktionLab a gathering and working project for tec DOWN eU METADATA From HacktionLab A UK wide network tech activists providing meet ups events works ELIVCOVER fy gatherings and hacklabs LOAD Jump to navigation search BARNCAMP 2013 7 8 9 JUNE WYE VALLEY
67. ow within Firefox Although FireFTP opens in a browser as a web page it is actually a full featured FTP application As you use FireFTP you will appreciate the convenience of its browser based interface You can upload files to a website using FireFT P and then simply click a browser tab and refresh to see the changes in your web page The first time you open FireFTP you see the homepage of the FireFT P web site From this site you can access support and developer information Do not donate if you don t want to FireFTP is absolutely free and a donation to this worthwhile cause is completely optional 45 SENDING A FILE TO YOUR SERVER This section covers how to upload a file to a server assuming the server does not impose security restrictions beyond authenticating your log on credentials You need the following information to connect to the server e Host the domain name or IP address of your web server e Login the user name for the account on the server e Password the password for the account To obtain the connection information contact the person or organization such as your Internet service provider who created the account for you You can store this information in FireFT P so you can access the web server quickly To store the connection information click Create an account In Account Manager enter the connection information In Account Name and in Category you can type any names you like If you do
68. reen Bookmarks Toolbar Set Up Sync Add on Bar Ctrl Exit Toolbar Layout To access general Firefox preferences go to Firefox gt Options This layout has changed recently and if you prefer to see a list of menu options always displayed at the top of your window you can click on Options gt Menu Bar to make that happen The menu options will look similar to those shown below Mozilla Firefox File Edit wiew History Bookmarks Tools Help amp Welcome to Firefox x f i Xtream Q D booki flossmanuals net summary of In this guide we will try to use the second option with the menu options lined up at the top of the window as this view is more compatible with other operating systems Ubuntu Menu items are available at the top of your screen If you cannot see them to start with then move your mouse pointer to the top of the screen and they should appear File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help BBC Radi 8 Firefox In vw mozilla org e Select All Find Preferences To access general Firefox preferences go to Edit gt Preferences Mac OS In Mac OS the menus are also at the top of the browser window 15 Bii sw File Edit View AboutFirefox Preferences Services Hide Firefox Hide Others Show All Quit Firefox To change Firefox preferences navigate to Firefox gt Preferences USING THE LOCATION BAR Going to a website in Firefox is easy Just type a websi
69. sion 0 9 4 of HTTPS Everywhere was used A newer version may be available now 62 Firefox B HTTPS Everywhere Electronic Frontier https www eff org https everywhere 7 gt CG 3 Google tk E impleme i Firefox prevented this site www eff org from i HTTPSE asking you to install software on your oScript and to support cor services computer PS without breaking anyth https pi In an idee 4 BI Unfortunately there s no v om rec p 3E you get from requesting hi he only way to switch every page to https is to fetch the page insecurely first There is a Chrc Enforcer which attempts to take that approach but it does not appear to be implemented sec seemed to always use http before https which means that your surfing habits and authentica this may be a limitation of the Chrome Extensions framework License HTTPS Everywhere is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 or later To development page Attachment Size https everywhere 0 9 2 xpi 55 82 KB https everywhere 0 9 9 development 3 xpi 188 9 KB https everywhere 0 9 4 xpi 56 18 KB Changelog txt 5 66 KB a a Click on Allow You will then have to restart Firefox by clicking on the Restart Now button HT TPS Everywhere is now installed Firefox HTTPS Everywhere will be installed after you restart Firefox oScript and to support cor PS without breaking anyth 5 Unfortunately there s no v o
70. software It can run of a USB flash drive comes with a pre configured web browser and is self contained The Tor IM Browser Bundle Am additionally allows instant messaging and chat over Tor If you would prefer to use your existing web browser install Tor TorBEL permanently or if you dont use Windows see the other ways to download Tor Freedom House has produced a wideo on how to find and use the Tor Browser Bundle If you dont see a video below view it at Youtube Know of a better video or one translated into your language Let us know TorCheck GetTor Q Tor Tip nee a Install and Use Tor Browser Bundle https www torproject org press press html en 2 Click the link for your language to download the installation file Date Bearbeiten Ansicht Chronik Lesezeichen Extras Hilfe e sd X P https www torproject org projects torbrowser Ww 9 Goo z 2 Meistbesuchte Seiten Erste Schritte Aktuelle Nachrichten 3 Google Reader 1000 M Unbenannt amp Tor Project Anonymit Google bersetzer d Tor Browser Bundle Download Tor Browser Bundle and Tor IM Browser Bundle To start using the Tor Browser Bundle or Tor IM Browser Bundle download the file for your preferred language This file can be saved wherever is convenient e g the Desktop or a USB flash drive If you have an unreliable Internet connection it may be easier for you to download the bundle edition which is split up i
71. story when Firefox closes Settings Location Bar When using the location bar suggest History and Bookmarks v 8 Help Close 4 You can specify how long Firefox will remember your browsing history T he default is 90 days but it can be changed to any value 5 You can define whether the location bar will suggest from your browsing history and or bookmarks Choose from the dropdown menu next to Location Bar in the dialog 6 Once the preferences are to your liking click Close Firefox s privacy controls do not affect the fact that website will still log requests from your computer The pages you request may also be visible to anyone monitoring network traffic on your local network Firefox s privacy settings only control the information stored on your computer THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HTTP AND HTTPS The Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP is the networking protocol used by browsers that allows communication between you and a site you are visiting Because communication is transmitted in plain text it is unsafe especially when using wireless networks It is like transmitting a message with personal information on a postcard To solve this problem the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure HT TPS was invented to provide encrypted communication and secure identification of a network web server Most major Web sites including Google Wikipedia and popular social networking platforms such as Facebook and T witter c
72. tall and use You can turn it on and off with a simple click of a button form your navigation toolbar When the button is red stealthy browsing is off when it is green it is on Clicking on the arrow next to the buttons allows you to set the configuration options There are PRO settings that you have to pay for after a trial period However there are also settings which are free allowing you to either choose a proxy in a random location or to choose as specific country If you do not want to pay make sure to set your configuration to use a non PRO option One disadvantage is that because the makers of Stealthy do the work to choose proxies for you you lose some control over how your computer connects to the Internet FOXYPROXY FoxyProxy is a freeware add on for the Firefox Web browser which makes it easy to manage many different proxy servers and change between them For details about FoxyProxy visit http getfoxyproxy org Installation In Firefox 4 Linux click on the Firefox menu at the top left on your screen and then select Add ons In the pop up window type the name of the add on you want to install in this case FoxyProxy in the search box on the top right and click Enter In the search results you will see two different versions of FoxyProxy Standard and Basic For a full comparison of the two free editions visit http getfoxyproxy org downloads html editions but the Basic edition is sufficient for b
73. tallation is complete To manage or remove your Extensions click on the Extensions button 36 e BetterPrivacy 1 68 Super Cookie Safeguard More Preferences Disable Remove d Get Add ons G Colorzilla 2 8 x Extensions Advanced Eyedropper ColourPicker More Preferences Disable Remove Cookies Managers 1 5 1 1 B Appearance 1 Cookies manager that allows view ed More Preferences Disable Remove Plugins 4 DoNotTrackMe 2 2 8 307 wu Stop secret tracking of your web bro More Preferences Disable Remove f Dictionaries DownloadHelper 4 9 14 x Languages Download videos and images from m More Preferences Disable Remove DISABLING ADD ONS Be sure to disable or remove Add ons that you are not using Each Add on is code that has been contributed by a different individual or team T he more you have installed the more likely they are to conflict with each other in some way If this does happen you may experience problems using Firefox it may for example become very slow You can test if your installed Add ons are causing this problem by restarting Firefox with Add ons disabled Firefox Help Mozilla Foundation US https www Firefox Health Report Troubleshooting Information Submit Feedback Restart with Add ons Disabled Report Web For gery Reporta Problem About Firefox To do this select Help gt Restart with Add ons Disabled Firefox Safe Mode Safe M
74. te address also known as a URL for Uniform Resource Locator into the location bar and press Enter If a page is loading too slowly or you no longer wish to view a page dick the Stop button Firefox displays what has been loaded so far You can then navigate to a different page using the back button or the location bar le To reload the current page or to get the most up to date version dick the Reload button or press CtrI R 1e It is not necessary to type http at the beginning of the address While you are typing Firefox looks for visited and bookmarked page titles and tags along with visited web addresses making guesses at which sites or pages you want to visit This way if you don t remember the URL of a page you ve visited or bookmarked you can type some words from the title of the page and Firefox will display some suggestions www mozi gt f Get Involved Ww www mozills com en US firefox community www mozilla org en US firefox community www mozilla crg en LIS firefox community f About Us w www mozilla com en LS about f Customize Firefox VW www mozilla com en LS firefox customize Help and Tutorials i www mozilla com en US firefox help Mozilla Firefox Web Browser Welcome to Firetox mozilla org https www moailla org en US firefox 21 0 firstrun a2 utm expid 71153379 20 This powerful search feature of the Location Bar is the reason why some Firefox developers affect
75. te and have made an HT TPS version of the site available a good practice would be to submit your Web site to the official HT TPS Everywhere release 66 14 NOSCRIPT AND ADBLOCK While no tool can protect you completely against all threats to your online privacy and security the Firefox extensions described in this chapter can significantly reduce your exposure to the most common ones and increase your chances of remaining anonymous ADBLOCK PLUS Adblock Plus http www adblockplus org scans Web pages for advertisements and other content that may try to track you and then blocks it To keep current with the latest threats AdBlock Plus relies on blacklists maintained by volunteers Getting started with AdBlock Plus Once you have Firefox installed 6 7 1 Download the latest version of AdBlock Plus from tp adblockplus org en installation release or search for the plugin with Firefox s Add ons Manager Firefox gt Add ons 2 Confirm that your want AdBlock Plus by clicking Install Now sen 4 Add ons Manager z e AdblockPlus Pp Name Last Updated Best match Search My Add ons VGVZIIEISERE e Ie Adblock Plus 1 3 3 3 After AdBlock Plus has been installed Firefox will ask to restart un creda Add ons Manager bx z e x AdblockPlus P Name Last Updated Best match 7 Search My Add ons GAEE ET e EISE Adblock Plus will be installed after yo
76. the default way that Firefox deals with different files do amp mao General Tabs Content Applications Privacy Security Sync Advanced Tracking Tell sites that I do not want to be tracked Tell sites that I want to be tracked Do not tell sites anything about my tracking preferences Learn More History Firefox will remember your browsing download form and search history and keep cookies from websites you visit You may want to clear your recent history or remove individual cookies Location Bar Wen ing tec bar suggest lt Privacy There are important settings for privacy here toe a eko t General Tabs Content Applications Privacy Security Sync Advanced Warn me when sites try to install add ons Block reported attack sites Block reported web forgeries Passwords Remember passwords for sites Exceptions Use a master password Change Master Password Saved Passwords Security Passwords can be viewed and deleted here and a Master password set There is more on this elsewhere in this manual Options g amp u m mal General Tabs Content Applications Privacy Security Sync um Firefox Sync lets you access your history bookmarks passwords and open tabs across all your devices Set Up Firefox Sync Pair a Device Sync Sync is a service to share Firefox data across different computers General Tabs Content Applications Privacy Security Sync General Data Choices
77. the first part the file whose name ends in exe T his runs a program to gather all the parts together Split installer for Tor Browser Bundle src static CircumventionT ools Installing T or tor winrar 2 en png height 384 width 562 gt 4 Choose a folder where you want to install the files and click Install The program displays progress messages while it s running and then quits 5 When the extraction is completed open the folder and check that the contents match the image below amp Tor Browser BHR File Edit View Fa AN Tor Browser 5 FirefoxPortable Start Tor Browser 6 To clean up delete all the files you originally downloaded USING TOR BROWSER Before you start e Close Tor If Tor is already installed on your computer make sure it is not currently running Launch the T or Browser 86 In the Tor Browser folder double click Start Tor Browser The Tor control panel Vidalia opens and Tor starts to connect to the Tor network Vidalia Control Panel Status Connecting to the Tor network Vidalia Shortcuts VII Stop Tor Setup Relaying View the Network Use a New Identity B Bandwidth Graph 9 Help M About z Message Log Ze Settings Exit Show this window on startup Hide When a connection is established Firefox automatically connects to the TorCheck page and then confirms that your browser is configured to use Tor This may take some time depending on
78. the history of pages you ve visited to be stored on your computer You can clear a single item or all items from location bar history To clear a single item Click the drop down arrow in the location bar Search or enter address Press the Down Arrow key or move your pointer to highlight by way of a blue outline the entry to delete Press the Delete key to delete the item You can clear many items from the location bar by removing Browsing History via the Clear Recent History dialog window For more information see the section on Privacy in Firefox BOOKMARKS AND THE REFRESH BUTTONS IN THE LOCATION BAR At the far right in the Location bar itself can be also be found a star shaped button vww mozilla org en US contribute If this button is shown in yellow it means the URL shown in the bar has been bookmarked and clicking on it will enable you to edit the bookmark entry If it is not shown in yellow then clicking will place the URL in your list of bookmarks Clicking on the circular arrow in the Location bar will refresh the web page you are looking at updating it and showing any changes which might have taken place since you first started to view the page vw mozilla org en US contribute Le SHOWING OR HIDING TOOLBARS 17 You can show or hide a toolbar at any time by navigating to View gt Toolbars on your menu and select or de selecting a toolbar When selected a toolbar shows a checkmark next to it
79. the quality of your Internet connection File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help A Most Visited Learn more about Tor The Tor Blog LJ Are you using Tor 4 Congratulations Your browser is configured to use Tor Please refer to the Tor website for further information about using Tor safely You are now free to browse the Internet anonymously Additional information Your IP address appears to be 91 121 170 32 This small seript is powered by tordnsel You may also be interested in the Tor Bulk Exit List Exporter This server does not log any information about visitors This page is also available in the following languages Burmese amp esky dansk Deutsch EhAny ta llinika Engilish espakei Estonian Farsi suomi francais Mihonzo norsk bokm l Nederlands polski Portugues Portugues do Brasil romana Pyccret Russkij Thai T rk e yxpatnesxa ukraiins ka Vietnamese PY fF amp Tor Enabled If you are connected to the T or network a green onion icon appears in the system tray on the lower right hand corner of your screen BROWSING THE WEB USING TOR BROWSER 87 Try viewing a few Web sites and see if they are working The sites are likely to load more slowly than usual because your connection Is being routed through several relays IF THIS DOES NOT WORK If the onion in the Vidalia Control Panel never turns green or if Firefox opened but displayed a page saying Sorry You are not using Tor
80. thers are marked as untrusted S All scripts are allowed for the current site S Scripts are allowed globally however content marked as untrusted will not be loaded To add a site that you trust to your whitelist click on the NoScript icon and select e Allow domain name to allow all scripts that are hosted under a specific domain name or e Allow all this page to allow complete script execution including third party scripts that may be hosted elsewhere but are imported by the main Web site You can also use the T emporarily allow options to allow content loading only for the current browsing session This is useful for people who intend to visit a site just once and who want to keep their whitelist at a manageable size SEE Ki Welcome to Facebook Log In Sign Up Kl http www facebook com _fb_noscript 1 dj 4 Google P E JavaScript is disabled on your browser Please enable JavaScript or upgrade to a JavaScript capable browser to use Facebook Alternatively you can acce About NoScript z Options Facebook helps you connect and share with 4 Allow Scripts Globally dangerous the people in your life Aiow ak thie page Temporarily allow al this page A A Untrusted A A Allow fbcdn net Temporarily allow fbcdn net Allow facebook com Temporarily allow facebook com Alternatively you can add domain names directly to the whitelist by clicking on th
81. to the image will give you the option to Open DNTMe This will show you more information about who is trying to track you are agreeing ft abine e nanage them itv com Was tracking me Blocking 5 companies from knowing what I do here No social networks found here 5 companies tracking me 5 blocked Liberating Your all time total is 7 blocked f t 493 for Bronze e Big i Special My Stats PANIC c If you want to know more about tracking who is doing it and how it works then the creators of DoNotT rackMe have created a Frequently Asked Questions page 1 There is a huge variety of Add ons which provide Do Not T rack like capabilities Try Ghostery or Collusion if DoNotT rackMe doesn t work for you 1 https www abine com donottrackme faq 61 13 HTTPS EVERYWHERE HT TPS Everywhere is a Firefox add on produced as a collaboration between The Tor Project https www torproject org and the Electronic Frontier Foundation https eff org It encrypts your communications with a number of major Web sites including Google Wikipedia and popular social networking platforms such as Facebook and T witter Many sites on the Web offer some support for encryption over HT T PS but make it difficult to use For instance they may connect you to HTTP by default even when HTTPS is available Alternatively they may fill encrypted pages with links that go back to the unencrypted site T his way data such
82. tory v Show Sugges at ns Your search bar history is cleared Switching search engines To change the active search engine click the down arrow next to the search engine s icon then select a new search engine M Pi amp Google Yahoo Bing Amazon com eBay Twitter Wikipedia en X jS9 Manage Search Engines a In the event you wish to add an additional search engine not shown in the list you will need to open the the Search Engines Manager click the search engine icon and select Manage Search Engines 20 Edit Keyword Move Up Move Down W Wikipedia en Remove Show search suggestions Get more search engines Restore Defaults Click Get more search engines This will take you to the relevant Mozilla webpage when you will be able to down load other search engines as an Add On For more information on how to do this see the chapter on Add ons SAVING WHOLE PAGES AND SINGLE IMAGES On the Firefox Orange Button menu choose Save Page As The Save As dialog box appears Organize New folder x Favorites of Date modified ME Desktop J Downloads a Recent Places No items match your search 73 Libraries Documents a Music Pictures B videos a Homegroup 4 Il File name ET Save as type Web Page complete Hide Folders e Web Page Complete Save the whole web page along with pictures
83. ttps www torproject org docs verifying signatures You can download the GnuPG software that you will need to check the signature here http www gnupg org download index en html auto ref 2 The instructions below refer to installing T or Browser on Microsoft Windows If you are using a different operating system refer to the Tor Web site for download links and instructions Installing from a single file 83 1 In your Web browser enter the download URL for Tor Browser https www torproject org projects torbrowser Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Chronik Lesezeichen Extras Hilfe RAT c X A https www torproject org projects torbrowser we 4 soogle A Meistbesuchte Seiten Erste Schritte Aktuelle Nachrichten 3 Google Reader 1000 V Unbenannt dj Tor Project Anonymit 3 Google bersetzer Home About Tor Documentation Projects Press Blog Store HOME PROJECTS TORBROWSER Tor Browser Bundle Y Software amp Services The Tor software protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers TorButton Y E all around the world it prevents somebody watching your Intemet connection from leaming what sites you visit it prevents Tor Browser Bundle 00 the sites you visit from learning your physical location and it lets you access sites which are blocked Vidalia The Tor Browser Bundle lets you use Tor on Windows Mac OS X or Linux without needing to install any
84. u restart Firefox er Restartnow Undo Adblock Plus 1 3 3 Wednesday February 23 2011 Ads were yesterday More Choosing a filter subscription Adblock Plus by itself doesn t do anything It can see each element that a Web site attempts to load but it doesn t know which ones should be blocked This is what AdBlock s filters are for After restarting Firefox you will be asked to choose a filter subscription free 68 Poo 3 amp Add ons Manager J Add Adblock Plus filter subscription x z chrome adblockplus content ui subscriptionSe C Google P A E3 Adblock Plus will be most effective if you add a filter subscription Filter subscriptions are provided by other Adblock Plus users free of charge The most suitable subscription for your language is already selected Please choose a filter subscription from the list EasyList English View filters Visit home page Add a different subscription Add subscription Cancel Which filter subscription should you choose Adblock Plus offers a few in its dropdown menu and you may wish to learn about the strengths of each A good filter to start protecting your privacy is EasyList also available at http easylist adblockplus or As tempting as it may seem don t add as many subscriptions as you can get since some may overlap resulting in unexpected outcomes EasyList mainly targeted at English language sites works well
85. w tab This page allows you to search for available Add ons and explore the nature of Add ons generally In the Get Add ons panel of the Add ons window search for an add on by typing the search term in the search box at the top right an pressing Enter A list of add ons matching your search term will display Add ons Manager Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Home of the Moz Mozilla United Kingdom Co 4t Add ons Manager x die Get Add ons First time with Add ons Check out aur interactive video to leam abouli some glthe awesome things yau A Extensions can do with add ons Plugins Dictionaries pa Languages Featured Add ons a Follow the instructions on the page to install any desired add on You may be required to review and accept the End User License Agreement To continue with the installation click Accept and Install Firefox will then fetch the add on and display the Software Installation window To begin the installation click Install Now Software Installation A Install add ons only from authors whom you trust pee Malicious software can damage your computer or violate your privacy You have asked to install the following item Auto Sort Bookmarks Author not verified https addons mozila org firefox downloads latest 392659 addon 392659 latest x pi sr After the installation is complete you must restart Firefox to start using the new add ons To restart click Restart Firefox that appears after ins
86. with other EasyList extensions such as region specific lists like RuAdList or thematic lists like EasyPrivacy But it collides with Fanboy s List another list with main focus on English language sites You can always change your filter subscriptions at any time within preferences press Ctrl Shift E Once you ve made your changes click OK Creating personalized filters AdBlock Plus also lets you create your own filters if you are so inclined To add a filter start with Adblock Plus preferences Ctrl Shift E and click on Add Filter at the bottom left corner of the window Personalized filters may not replace the benefits of well maintained blacklists like EasyList but they re very useful for blocking specific content that isn t covered in the public lists For example if you wanted to prevent interaction with Facebook from other Web sites you could add the following filter facebook domain facebook com 127 0 0 1 The first part facebook will initially block everything coming from Facebook s domain The second part domain facebook com 127 0 0 1 is an exception that tells the filter to allow Facebook requests only when you are in Facebook or if the Facebook requests come from 127 0 0 1 your own computer in order to keep certain features of Facebook working A guide on how to create your own Adblock Plus filters can be found at http adblockplus org en filters Enabling and disabling AdBlock Plus for spec
87. xed wireless links particularly in rural areas e data service over the mobile phone network Browse to the Web site 1 You type in https security ngoinabox org T he computer sends the domain name security ngoinabox org to a selected DNS server which returns a message containing the IP address for the Tactical T ech Security in a Box Web server currently 64 150 181 101 2 The browser then sends a request for a connection to that IP address 3 The request goes through a series of routers each one forwarding a copy of the request to a router closer to the destination until it reaches a router that finds the specific computer needed 4 This computer sends information back to you allowing your browser to send the full URL and receive the data to display the page The message from the Web site to you travels through other devices computers or routers Each such device along a path can be referred to as a hop the number of hops is the number of computers or routers your message comes in contact with along its way and is often between 5 and 30 49 DOMAIN NAMES AND IP ADDRESSES All Internet servers such as those which host Web sites also have IP addresses For example the IP address of www witness org is 216 92 171 152 Since remembering IP addresses is cumbersome and IP addresses might change over time specific systems are in place to make it easier for you to reach your destination on the Internet

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