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Firefox Browser
Firefox Browser and Extensions
Thunderbird Email (maybe)
Danbury Area Computer SocietyOctober 3, 2006
Jim Scheef, Immediate Past President
Firefox Browser
Firefox Browser
Is it really more secure?
1. No, not really2. Yes, way more secure
Firefox Browser
No, not really more secure
1. It has scripting for good and bad things2. It has vulnerabilities like zero-day
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6121608.html
3. No active anti-phishing4. No software is perfect5. It’s run by a human
Firefox Browser
Yes, way more secure
1. The smaller foot-print argument2. Patches come faster (maybe) as update releases
(forces you to update everything rather than individual patches)
Firefox Browser
Yes, way more secure
1. The smaller foot-print argument2. Patches come faster (maybe) as update releases
(forces you to update everything rather than individual patches)
3. Does not run Active-X
Firefox Browser
Yes, way more secure
1. The smaller foot-print argument2. Patches come faster (maybe) as update releases
(forces you to update everything rather than individual patches)
3. Does not run Active-X4. Displays target URL of any link5. Firefox users are smarter <chuckle>
Firefox Browser
Features I like
1. Automatic updates2. Extensions, thousands of extensions!3. Helpful little details
Firefox Browser
Extensions, Add-ons and Themes
● Customization is what makes Firefox great● Extensions are small programs written to run in a
Firefox interface (API)● There are thousands of extensions:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/extensions/● Installing the wrong extension can blow your
security – read before you click● Add-ons are programs like Acrobat, etc.● Themes (skins) change the overall appearance
Firefox Browser
My Top Five Extensions
1. Plain Old Favourites – use IE favorites in Firefox
2. Roboform Toolbar – works just like the bar in IE
3. Yahoo Toolbar – Yahoo just a click away
4. Duplicate Tab – so handy you won’t believe it
5. Adblock – does just what it says
Firefox Browser
More Extensions
6. For developers: ColorZilla, Copy Plain Text, DOM Inspector
7. For usability: IE View, Firefox View, PDF Download, Tabbrowser Preferences, Sort Extensions and Themes
8. For fun or just plain weirdness: Leet Key9. For the paranoid: DNS Toolbar
Firefox Browser
How to make Firefox your default browser
1. Check boxes in Firefox preferences and Internet Options
2. Change behavior of the .htm and .html file extensions (also changes the icon)
3. Change the Start Menu (cosmetic only)
Firefox Browser
Change for Thunderbird
Uncheck for Firefox
Firefox Browser
Firefox Browser
Firefox 2.0
● Yes, it’s coming● Currently in RC1
Thunderbird Email Client
Thunderbird Email Client
Thunderbird Email Client
Thunderbird Email Client
Thunderbird Email Client
What is it?
● Standards-based (RFC compliant) email client● http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/
Thunderbird Email Client
Is it really more secure?
1. No, not really2. Yes, way more secure
Thunderbird Email Client
Is it really more secure?
● The same arguments apply – I really don’t know● Less market experience due to less publicity due
to smaller user base due to less market experience due to less publicity due…
Thunderbird Email Client
What standards?
● POP3 – post office protocol– Most common– Messages stored on receiving computer
● IMAP4 – internet message access protocol– Messages remain on server– Optionally copied to local computer– Really useful when you use many computers– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Message_Access_
Protocol– Supported by Exchange
Thunderbird Email Client
What standards?
● SMTP – simple mail transport protocol– Used for sending to an MTA (message transfer agent)
server – MTA finds the destination domain’s email server and
delivers the message also using SMTP
Thunderbird Email Client
Why I think it’s cool
● Support for IMAP● Free● Many extensions● Seems to work well with AIM Mail (also free)
http://about.aol.com/faq/openmailaccess#othermail
We’re done
Questions and Discussion