Browser.safebrowsing.dataProvider

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 specifies which Safe Browsing provider to use.

Possible values and their effects

A non-negative integer indicating which Safe Browsing provider to use. (Default is 0)

Caveats

• The associated Safe Browsing preferences for the provider (see below) must be populated for this preference to have an effect.

UI

Mozilla Firefox

Corresponds to a dropdown of Safe Browsing service provider(s), located under “Tools → Options → Security / Tell me...”

First checked in

2006-06-07 by Tony Chang

Has an effect in

• Mozilla Firefox (nightly builds since 2006-06-07; 2.0b1 and above)

Related bugs

• Bug 329292 - add SafeBrowsing anti-phishing extension to trunk for evaluation
• Bug 336832 - set pref defaults for safe browsing
• Bug 338598 - support multiple enhanced mode providers

Related preferences

• browser.safebrowsing.enabled
• browser.safebrowsing.provider.*
• browser.safebrowsing.remoteLookups
• browser.safebrowsing.warning.infoURL
• urlclassifier.keyupdatetime.*
• urlclassifier.tableversion.*

External links

• Phishing Protection - MozillaWiki