[ale] Alternative builds of Firefox besides Iceweasel?

[Jim Kinney]

Sadly, some internal is never fixable. Remote consoles using java 1.4 and
ssl v1 embedded in hardware are a good example. It would be convenient to
be able to whitelist specific sites but clicking, yes, ok, run it anyway, i
know its out of date, 4-20 times per day pays off when I hit a public site
flagged with ssl v.2
On Sep 4, 2015 1:36 PM, "Lightner, Jeff" <JLightner at dsservices.com> wrote:

> Agreed but I’d at least like to know something IS an issue.
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> There’s been more than one thing that Firefox has blocked which other
> browsers haven’t even made a peep about.   I recently went to a Missouri
> state government site that Firefox blocked because of bad cypher but IE
> just let me attach to without comment.   Chrome allowed it but did tell me
> about the bad cypher.
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> My main reason for posting was to show a work around for the issue I’d
> seen on internal stuff when going via Firefox.
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> If enough people would contact sites (as I did the Missouri one) Firefox
> wouldn’t be an issue any longer because sites might actually fix reported
> issues.  The things Firefox is checking for allow known attack vectors.
> (Even for the internal stuff the appropriate action OUGHT to be fixing it
> but of course none of us has the cycles for that kind of effort.)
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> For now Firefox will remain my default browser.
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> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of *Chris
> Fowler
> *Sent:* Friday, September 04, 2015 12:14 PM
> *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> *Subject:* Re: [ale] Alternative builds of Firefox besides Iceweasel?
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> I have the same gripe as the OP.  Internal webapps that use SSL, but do
> not need signed certificates can create problems.  Even in Java.   If you
> are using a specific version of Java for a specific app or device then
> FireFox and Chrome will prompt you forever.
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> I know what I'm doing.  If I say 192.168.1.4 is to be white-listed then I
> expect the browser to fall in line.
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