RequestPolicy is a Firefox extension that improves the privacy and security of your browsing by giving you control over when cross-site requests are allowed by webpages you visit.
Cross-site requests are requests that your browser is told to make by a website you are visiting to a completely different website. Though usually legitimate requests, they often result in advertising companies and other websites knowing your browsing habits, including specific pages you view throughout the day. Among the attacks that cross-site requests are used in, they are particularly dangerous with Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks where your browser is told to make a request to another website and that other website thinks you (the person) meant to make the request.
With RequestPolicy, the default for any cross-site request is to deny it. Users are notified when requests on the current page have been blocked (the status bar flag icon at the bottom right of your browser turns red). Clicking on this status bar flag icon gives you a menu where you can view and modify which requests are blocked and allowed. You can whitelist requests you approve of by origin site, destination site, or specific origin-to-destination.
What's New in This Release:
Bug fixes:
· Whitelist bypass through view-source URLs.
· Refresh string parsing fails on Firefox 5+.
· "Get Addons" page has begun loading resources from a new destination which was being blocked.
Extension conflicts:
· Update extension compatibility rules for Norton Toolbars.
Bugs fixed:
· On Firefox 3.6, we performed our profile-after-change work twice.
Other changes:
· On Firefox 4, add a toolbar button to the addon bar rather than using a status bar icon.
· Removed the option to use the alternative status bar icon (an image that said "RequestPolicy" instead of the flag icon).
What's New in 0.5.20:
Bugs fixed:
· Users should not be able to allow redirects to javascript URIs.
· Preferences window not tall enough on Mac.
· xml+xsl pages broken.
· Blocked content notification (the flag) stuck on one color after closing print preview window with window's "X" button.
Enhancements:
· Updated locales.
· Allow removing status bar/addon bar icon.
Misc:
· Various xul element IDs made more specific to avoid namespace clutter.
· Typeless request log iframe given type="chrome" (though AMO still shows warning "Typeless iframes/browsers must be local").
What's New in 0.5.19:
Bug fixes:
· Cross-site redirects from favicon requests bypass whitelist.
· Redirection to protocol-relative URLs can bypass the whitelist. (Thanks, Mike Cardwell, for discovering and reporting this.)
· Some missing image indicators have very small width.
· Missing image indicators unreliable on Firefox 4.
· Some context menu sections and status icon respond to right clicks, showing another menu.
· Non-integer meta refresh delay considered invalid.
· Occasional error removing history listener when closing window.
· "File Not Found" about:neterror page shown when blocked redirect has "Content-Disposition: attachment;".
Enhancements:
· Remember position on page reload.
· Show redirect notification for any blocked top-level document requests (e.g. javascript sets document.location).
· Show alt text on mouseover of missing image indicator (alt text added to title attribute).
Extension conflicts:
· Observation of https-everywhere URL rewrites incorrectly handled URLs with fragments.
· Requests from Update Scanner blocked and can't be whitelisted through the RequestPolicy menu.
· Local validation requests by Web Developer extension blocked
What's New in 0.5.18: Bug fixes:
· Option to "disable dns prefetch on startup" didn't work reliably. Enhancements:
· Updated locales.
What's New in 0.5.16: Bug fixes:
· Updates or fresh installs of RequestPolicy on Firefox 4.0b7 would cause RequestPolicy to break due to installed extension XPIs not being extracted anymore.
· The openDialog wrapper had a latent bug triggered on Firefox 4.0b7 that (at a minimum) caused certain dialog windows from the addons manager to not open. Extension conflicts resolved:
· RequestPolicy would block some requests where HTTPS Everywhere had changed the destination URL. Thanks to Peter, Mike, and Seth of HTTPS Everywhere for talking about, following up on, and applying the HTTPS Everywhere patch that corresponds to these RequestPolicy changes. That patch is applied in HTTPS Everywhere version 0.2.3.development.2.
What's New in 0.5.15: Enhancements:
· Lots of fixes to support Firefox 4 beta (currently supported: 4.0b5pre).
· Request Log context menu added which allows copying and opening URLs from the log. Bugs fixed:
· docShell.allowMetaRedirects not respected for same-site meta refreshes
Like it? Share with your friends!
If you got an error while installing Themes, Software or Games, please, read FAQ.
Supported operating systems:
Google Android 10.x, Google Android 2.0, Google Android 2.1, Google Android 2.2, Google Android 2.3, Google Android 3.0, Google Android 3.1, Google Android 3.2, Google Android 4.0, Google Android 4.1, Google Android 4.2, Google Android 4.3, Google Android 4.4, Google Android 5.x, Google Android 6.x, Google Android 7.x, Google Android 8.x, Google Android 9.x, Nokia Internet Tablet OS Maemo 5.0
Similar Software:
Cleary - Firefox Addon Cleary - This add-on allows you to select what features are cleared when "Clear" is clicked in the preferences pane. Also adds options for "Clear on shutdown" and to send "Do not track" headers to websites.
What's New in This Release:
· Fixed an error with installing on devices. Cleary is now an unpacked extension
Motion & Sound Alarm Motion & Sound Alarm - Triggered by motion or sound, 3 alarm modes: Audible: warn of someone sneaking into your room while you''re sleeping; Silent: call a 2nd phone to catch someone in the act; Tracking: track your phone on the web if stolen
Phone Locator Phone Locator - this application will help you find the lost phone. Think up a code word and send it to get precise positioning data automatically. In case you only forgot where you put your phone all you need to do is to send a code word and the phone will make a signal
Autowipe Use Autowipe to automatically and PERMANENTLY WIPE your internal and external data. Enterprise and business users should find this useful! This is meant to be used in case your Android device gets stolen, misplaced, or lost.
Automatically wipes for: failed passwords to unlock screen, SMS password received, subscriber ID changed (SIM card)
Whistle Phone Finder Whistle Phone Finder - Whistle phone finder is an Android phone locator app that helps you to search your phone after losing it, forgetting it somewhere or being hidden. Just whistle up and your phone will tell you where it is
Vaulty Free Hides Pictures Vaulty Free Hides Pictures - #1 privacy app on Android and the best app to hide pictures and videos.
Hide pictures and videos from your gallery with unlimited free concealment!
Keep your pictures and videos private with Vaulty
Sophos Mobile Security Sophos Mobile Security - Sophos Mobile Security protects your Android phone or tablet from malicious apps. Using up-to-date malware information from the cloud, the software automatically scan applications as you install them, keeping you protected at all times.
In addition, Sophos Mobile Security can safeguard your device against loss and theft
Emergency Alarm Emergency Alarm - Emergencies, accidents and natural disasters such as earthquakes can not be foreseen. When it comes to drawing attention for any urgent need, having an emergency sound to attract people will always come in handy. Emergency Alarm will give you that and more.
Emergency Alarm contains three recognizable sirens that will attract any rescuer
gLock gLock - Want to protect your contacts, application, or games only used by you in case your phone be used by someone else? Try the gLock. gLock use gesture as the password to protect your application.1) Your gesture password can be any of word, symbol or character
Super Security Standard Super security help you get rid of malware and make your sensitive data ssafe. Super security provides cloud based antivirus engine to help you get rid of malware. Provides strongbox to hide your sensitive data
Other Software by developer «Justin Samuel»:
not found
Comments on RequestPolicy - Firefox Addon:
Comments not found
If you noted an error or download link is broken, please, report it via this page or use comments.
RequestPolicy - Firefox Addon is compatible with your device Fujitsu Stylistic M702
