Urlclassifier.provider.*.updateURL
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.
Possible values and their effects
The URL from which blacklist information is retrieved.
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.
First checked in
Has an effect in
- Mozilla Firefox (nightly builds between 2006-05-12 and 2006-06-16)
Related bugs
- Bug 329292 - add SafeBrowsing anti-phishing extension to trunk for evaluation
- Bug 336832 - set pref defaults for safe browsing
- Bug 340603 - getting table updates consumes large amounts of memory
Related preferences
- browser.safebrowsing.dataProvider
- browser.safebrowsing.enabled
- browser.safebrowsing.provider.*.faqURL
- browser.safebrowsing.provider.*.genericReportURL
- browser.safebrowsing.provider.*.homeURL
- browser.safebrowsing.provider.*.keyURL
- browser.safebrowsing.provider.*.lookupURL
- browser.safebrowsing.provider.*.name
- browser.safebrowsing.provider.*.reportErrorURL
- browser.safebrowsing.provider.*.reportPhishURL
- browser.safebrowsing.provider.*.reportURL
- browser.safebrowsing.provider.*.testURL
- browser.safebrowsing.provider.*.updateURL
- browser.safebrowsing.remoteLookups