diff --git a/user.js b/user.js index 2bb7809..cd542f9 100644 --- a/user.js +++ b/user.js @@ -789,9 +789,10 @@ user_pref("browser.display.use_document_fonts", 0); /* 1404: disable rendering of SVG OpenType fonts * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/SVGOpenTypeFonts - iSECPartnersReport recommends to disable this ***/ user_pref("gfx.font_rendering.opentype_svg.enabled", false); -/* 1408: disable graphite which FF49 turned back on by default - * In the past it had security issues. Update: This continues to be the case, see [1] - * [1] https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/#CVE-2017-7778 ***/ +/* 1408: disable graphite + * Graphite has had many critical security issues in the past, see [1] + * [1] https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/#CVE-2017-7778 + * [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) ***/ user_pref("gfx.font_rendering.graphite.enabled", false); /* 1409: limit system font exposure to a whitelist [FF52+] [RESTART] * If the whitelist is empty, then whitelisting is considered disabled and all fonts are allowed. @@ -1162,8 +1163,8 @@ user_pref("permissions.manager.defaultsUrl", ""); /* 2617: remove webchannel whitelist ***/ user_pref("webchannel.allowObject.urlWhitelist", ""); /* 2619: enforce Punycode for Internationalized Domain Names to eliminate possible spoofing - * Firefox has *some* protections, but it is better to be safe than sorry. The downside: it will also - * display legitimate IDN's punycoded, which might be undesirable for users of non-latin alphabets + * Firefox has *some* protections, but it is better to be safe than sorry + * [SETUP-WEB] Might be undesirable for non-latin alphabet users since legitimate IDN's are also punycoded * [TEST] https://www.xn--80ak6aa92e.com/ (www.apple.com) * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/IDN_Display_Algorithm * [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDN_homograph_attack