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:
Super Applock Super Applock - Privacy Lock is the best privacy protector with applock features, free to use and no ads! Use Privacy Lock to secure your photo, video, incoming call, contacts, SMS (messenger message), email, important files, games, apps, anything you want to lock. Protect your privacy easy with Privacy Lock! Privacy is the No
SmyleSafe for Android SmyleSafe for Android - SmyleSafe is a kid-safe mobile browser and parental control app for Android. It blocks inappropriate websites by age-group or category. You can also set internet time limits to prevent your child from surfing the web during school hours or after bedtime. In addition, you can block applications from running
gLock gLock - Want to protect your contacts, application, or games only used by you in case your phone is used by someone else? Try the gLock. gLock uses gesture as the password to protect your application.
1) Your gesture password can be any of word, symbol or character.
2) Unlock rule is based on: gesture strokes; error tolerance of the strokes length; similarity
Google Apps Device Policy (Android) Google Apps Device Policy (Android) - Google Apps Device Policy is a device administration tool that allows administrators for Google Apps Premier and Education editions to set security policies for Android devices. This application will allow your Android device to comply with the security policies set by your admin
Contact Owner Contact Owner is an Android application that displays your (or a friend's) contact information on the "lock screen" of your Android device, so that if you happen to lose it the finder will know how to contact you. Select yourself (or your friend) from your list of contacts, then select which information you want shown and (optionally) customize your message
My911 Impact (Yearly) My911 Impact (Yearly) is your own personal guardian angel! Called the best safety technology since Onstar! *Impact Detection: Automatic accident response monitors whether you have been in an accident/impact or not
mSpy - Phone Tracker & Spy MSpy Phone Tracker & Spy is a powerful tool equipped with a strong set of features that allow users to keep a check on the cell phone activities of their kids, other family members or employees in order to avoid any unwanted behavior or for safety purposes
App Locker Pro App Locker Pro: gives you privacy
+ Lets you protect your images, texts, files, videos and much more with App Locker Pro
+ Protect different and unlimited apps from the willing eyes with App Locker Pro
Hide Master Hide Master - The simplest and smallest hide app tool you can find on Google Play. Hide Master is not only your private launcher and also a hide privacy app tool. It is the first privacy protection app that hides your apps in different modes
McAfee WaveSecure (Android) McAfee WaveSecure is a complete mobile security service that lets users protect data, ensure privacy in the event of theft and enhances the possibility of recovering the phone.
Uninstall protection for Android
Want to prevent McAfee WaveSecure from being uninstalled on your Android phone? Now you can with McAfee WaveSecure UPA (Uninstall Protection Add-on)
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 Haier HL-6180T TD-LTE