Urlclassifier.provider.*.updateURL

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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is urlclassifier.provider.*.updateURL.

This article describes the preference urlclassifier.provider.*.updateURL. 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
3 Caveats
4 First checked in
5 Has an effect in
6 Related bugs
7 Related preferences
8 External links

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Background

Firefox 2.0 incorporates the Google Safe Browsing extension in its own Safe Browsing feature to detect and warn users of phishy web sites. This preference determined the URL from which blacklist information was retrieved if browser.safebrowsing.remoteLookups is false and this Safe Browsing service is selected in browser.safebrowsing.dataProvider.

This was an enumerated preference: all preferences whose names started with urlclassifier.provider. were read to generate the list of Safe Browsing providers. The * in the preference name is a non-negative integer, and matches the number in the other preferences needed to describe a provider. (the browser.safebrowsing.provider.* preferences are also used this way.) It also determines the order in which the providers appear in the options dialog.

Renamed to browser.safebrowsing.provider.*.updateURL.

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Possible values and their effects

The URL from which blacklist information is retrieved.

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Caveats

browser.safebrowsing.enabled must be true for this preference to have an effect.
This preference only has an effect if browser.safebrowsing.remoteLookups is false (when “advanced mode” is off). Otherwise, Safe Browsing will submit sites to the URL in browser.safebrowsing.provider.*.lookupURL.

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