Showing posts with label firefox tweak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label firefox tweak. Show all posts

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Creating multiple profiles in Mozilla Firefox.

Many folks don't know that they can create different user profiles within a Firefox browser quite similat to creating different users in a OS. Different profile for different persons sharing the same computer is a cool feature respecting the privacy of each users. The process is quite simple:
  1.  Close Firefox, make sure Firefox is not running, check in taskbar.
  2.  Goto start > run 
  3.  type 'firefox -p' 
  4.  A new dialog box will open up, asking for creating the profile , then follow the instructions.
  5. You can make the firefox to ask you everytime to use a particular profile, by unchecking the checkbox -Don't ask at startup.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Defending yourself form firesheep http hijacking

Firesheep makes http hijacking real easy. This type of attack is not new, principle concept had been used many times in previous attacks. Firesheep makes the exploit easier as it is a point & click method, thats where the difference lies. https sites are immune to Firesheep attacks.
Firesheep looks for authentication cookies in open wireless networks & steals them. People using social network sites need to be cautious about their network.
This type of attack can be made by using tools like wireshark but then it requires certain level of expertise.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

FIRESHEEP - new cookie sniffing hack!

Firefox users now have a new & easier point & click tool to sniff others cookies. It's somewhat easier to implement than sidejacking. Firesheep created a frenzy in social network & email users communities some days ago.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Firefox inside firefox

This sounds humbug & silly but still you can try this, hope you can use this trick in some innovative way.
write in the url bar -> chrome://browser/content/browser.xul


Firefox inside firefox! (8-D] Enjoy!