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This morning I was unboxing one of our new lithium-ion APC Smart 500 UPSs to setup.
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Make a new Group Policy named "Firefox customization" OR add this to an existing GPO.Ĭreate the following Files Preferences under Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Files You can use a simple xcopy/robocopy script, or if you want to do it natively you can use Files Preferences in Group Policy. Now you need to copy the files from your share to C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\ Make note of the location Part 4: Distributing with Group Policy File Preferences This is because the files will be copied using the computer's Active Directory account, not the logged-in user's. You now need to get the files in your Output Directory to a public file share that Everyone or Authenticated Users have access to.
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Go ahead and manually copy them into the folder on a PC to test everything works correctly. The files in your Output Directory need to now be dropped in the ' C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox' folder on clients. Look through all the other options in the interface and customize as you see fit. Output Directory: Make a folder in your Documents where the autoconfig files will end upĪdd-ons > Add URL: Use the URL you got in the " Get uBlock Origin URL" section The following steps are in the CCK2 interface.
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Install the extension and click the new button it added to the toolbar in the top right. Remove everything after the ? so you get something like: Still, it's better to start off with something as new as possible.
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It will update the extension when updates are released later. We need to get the URL of uBlock Origin so Firefox can auto-download it. They're like Group Policy for Firefox, and CCK2 is the editor. You place these files you generate in the Firefox Program Files directory and Firefox configures new and existing profiles based on them. Mike Kaply has built a Firefox extension that helps you build Firefox auto-configuration file-sets named CCK2. ESR gives you that.ĭownload Firefox ESR Part 2: Firefox customization with CCK2 You want stability and a place at the table. Firefox is a browser primarily built for end-users and Mozilla has in the past, and continues to, make decisions with them in mind. Mozilla Firefox comes in two flavors: Firefox, and Firefox ESR.ĮSR is "Extended Support Release." It allows organizations to standardize on periodic major versions of the browser that are more conservative in introducing major non-security changes. This is only a forward-looking recommendation ESR is not required. UBlock Origin homepage Part 1: Firefox ESR
This article covers deploying uBlock Origin for Firefox - see my other articles for Chrome and Internet Explorer. The following has been tested and applied across over 1000 clients. Origin is the original by the original developer. I won't get into uBlock vs uBlock Origin.
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It is a clean implementation that relies on existing excellent Adblock Plus filters, but with better performance and without letting through "acceptable advertising" that nonetheless brings security risks. I have reviewed all the options and ' uBlock Origin' is the clear winner. Please use native Firefox Group Policy.īlocking advertising has multiple security and performance benefits to clients.
DEPRECATED - DO NOT USE - Deploying uBlock Origin for Firefox with CCK2 and Group Policy
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