Quoting [email protected] ([email protected]): > Just great! So how can we keep off this cloudflare thing? > > https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/25/mozilla_turns_on_dns_over_https_by_default_for_usa/ > > Rick Moen? Anyone?
It's been obviously coming (for newer Firefox versions) for quite some time. Since my _personal_ view is that Firefox (Release Edition and Beta) went unacceptably off the rails starting with Firefox 48 on 2016-08-02 (and similar damage to Firefox ESR then being only a matter of time), I see this as unfortunate but as just another hammer in the coffin. As noted in TheReg's article (and linked Mozilla blog item), the new DoH default in Firefox 73.0.1 can be simply unchecked somewhere in the program's Settings (for now). Also, for those who care about new Firefox versions but haven't read the coverage, it should be noted that the new default is (claimed to be) set only in downloadable binary versions of the browser offered at mozilla.org to USA users, not to those elsewhere in the world. The direct effect on Linux users would be only on distros that do no meaningful curating and correcion of Mozilla, Inc.'s sometimes brainless defaults in their distro packages. (I really have no idea if the Debian distro package of Firefox Release Edition suffers this brain damage, having lost interest, as I said, some years back. Perhaps someone else here knows. (Seriously, I really, really wish either Debian or someone else would gather together as much as possible of the 'No, we don't accept mandatory extension signing and are not thrilled about losing XUL/XPCOM without a lot better planning' consensus under one roof under revived brand identity 'Iceweasel'. Seems like an obvious solution, to me -- and, to correct myself just a bit, in a way, it's almost-sorta happened: the several little scattershot Firefox pre-57 forks include Pale Moon, Basilisk, Waterfox, Iceweasel-UXP, Iceape-UXP, and Borealis Navigator. For those who are unfamiliar with Iceweasel-UXP, I recommend reading their lucid and brief explanation: https://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id=en:project:iceweasel-uxp (But, seriously, IMO they should call it 'Iceweasel', which is peculiar enough without the suffix, but at least has a history.) -- Cheers, "Why doesn't anyone invite copyeditors to parties, Rick Moen when we're such cool people out with whom to hang?" [email protected] -- @laureneoneal (Lauren O'Neal) McQ! (4x80) _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
