Browser.safebrowsing.remoteLookups

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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is browser.safebrowsing.remoteLookups.

This article describes the preference browser.safebrowsing.remoteLookups. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

1 Background
2 Possible values and their effects
- 2.1 True
- 2.2 False
3 Caveats
4 UI
- 4.1 Mozilla Firefox 2
5 First checked in
6 Has an effect in
7 Related bugs
8 Related preferences
9 External links

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Background

Firefox 2.0 incorporates the Google Safe Browsing extension in its own Phishing Protection feature to detect and warn users of phishy web sites. This preference switches between using a local blacklist to determine a site’s phishiness, or submitting the URL to a third party.

The latter option (“enhanced mode”) was removed with the update to the Safe Browsing protocol, and this preference has no effect in Firefox 3.

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Possible values and their effects

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True

Consult a third-party provider to determine whether a site is phishy.

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False

Compare visited URLs against a blacklist to determine whether a site is phishy. (Default)
The blacklist is stored in urlclassifier2.sqlite.

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Caveats

If this preference or browser.safebrowsing.enabled is not set (neither true nor false), Safe Browsing will do nothing.

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UI

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Mozilla Firefox 2

Radio buttons labeled “Check using a downloaded list of suspected sites” and “Check by asking _____ about each site I visit” are located under “Tools → Options → Security / Tell me...”

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