Block direct IP loading
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(Core :: Networking, enhancement, P2)
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(Reporter: auroraofearth, Unassigned)
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(Whiteboard: [necko-triaged])
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:69.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/69.0
Expected results:
Add an option in the about:config page to disable direct loading of websites through their IPs.
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Updated•6 years ago
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Updated•6 years ago
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Comment 1•6 years ago
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One of the use cases is as a security precaution in a sensitive environment where the admin needs to enforce DNS-level manipulation but direct IP addresses would just bypass it.
It could also be added to the enterprise policies with an enabled lock.
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Comment 2•6 years ago
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I should mention that some of the analytics|tracking networks out there are using direct IP addresses instead of domain names for their malicious purposes.
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Comment 3•6 years ago
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I am not sure if we should do this.
Maybe we should talk to product people first.
Nhi, could you help to forward this feature request?
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Comment 4•6 years ago
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:mconca, could you have a look at this feature request? Thanks!
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Comment 5•6 years ago
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(In reply to Nhi Nguyen (:nhi) from comment #4)
:mconca, could you have a look at this feature request? Thanks!
Talking with the enterprise team, there does not seem to be any demand for this type of feature. In addition, the Anti-Tracking team is aware that some trackers are using IP addresses to bypass blockers, but the blockers are responding to this (anti-tracking is an on-going war of attrition, so this is not unexpected).
That said, I don't have any specific objections to this, particularly if it is behind a pref. But it is a very low priority.
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Comment 6•6 years ago
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(In reply to Kershaw Chang [:kershaw] from comment #3)
I am not sure if we should do this.
Maybe we should talk to product people first.Nhi, could you help to forward this feature request?
It is indeed a criticial feature. As I know many Intelligence agencies also use direct IP address for their spying endpoints; and Firefox's shy tracker blocking features is not gonna stop them.
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