[ale] Alternative builds of Firefox besides Iceweasel?

[Chris Fowler]

I am not against the flag. I even appreciate it and I like I can inspect the cert. What I hate is that when I say ignore that site (white list) the browser tends to ignore me! 

> From: "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 4, 2015 1:44:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] Alternative builds of Firefox besides Iceweasel?

> 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.

>> 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.

>> My main reason for posting was to show a work around for the issue I’d seen on
>> internal stuff when going via Firefox.

>> 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.)

>> For now Firefox will remain my default browser.

>> 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?

>> 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.

>> 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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