Why do you have addthis.com and http://addthis.com? I'm just giving one example. Is http:// or https:// needed? (Just curious; I don't use NoScript.)
NS does that automatically if I select addthis.com in the NS menu. It adds addthis.com, http://addthis.com and https://addthis.com to the blacklist.
But is it needed when you supply your own blacklist or will even that be converted the way you indicated?
I don't know as I've never manually edited the blacklist. As mentioned, NS adds those 3 variations if you add a domain to its blacklist via the menu.
i don't use a blacklist but my whitelist is very small. addons.mozilla.org google.ca google.com googleapis.com gstatic.com linuxmint.com mozilla.net noscript.net opera.com paypal.com paypalobjects.com wilderssecurity.com yimg.com youtube.com ytimg.com startpage.com about:blank
Yes, good strategy. However, the beauty of the blacklist is that googleanalytics, doubleclick, adxyz, etc. etc. which appear on nearly every page don't show up in the Noscript menu anymore, thus making it more concise. I love this feature.
In addition to what you said, another good reason to use a blacklist is so untrusted sites remain untrusted even when we click to allow scripts globally or temporally allow a page. Bo
If you prefer to use something else that uses a blacklist. Its not as good as NS regarding security but it keeps annoying stuff from being displayed. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/yesscript/ Bo
I'm not sure that I understand. It does have an Untrusted menu item. If you mean that NS doesn't have a tab that shows all domains added to Untrusted - well, that's true. You can see them in about:config in noscript.untrusted or in prefs.js or if you export your settings.
That's exactly why I'd like to see an extra tab there. Firefox is for browsing, digging around in about:config or in prefs.js every time you want to change something becomes tiresome and distracting. As much as I like NoScript, it's arguably the least user-friendly of the bunch.
I don't see it that way. Nearly all settings can be changed in the UI. The blacklist is one of the few exceptions - and a bearable one since it's mainly trackers and the likes which you add to that list. Why would you want to remove one of them again? Nevertheless such a tab would be a nice feature - but I would hardly use it
I use NoScript and block everything. I also use ABE to block certain domains (Facebook, twitter and google) from showing those stupid "social" buttons.
+1 on this. i am slowly adding to tlu 'blacklist' by adding a few sites here and there as "Untrusted"
I wouldn't browse without it. NoScript is solid. And best of all it's very fitting in a layered security setup.
I started using NS awhile ago, I have also installed it on my parents computer. They have been running Windows 7 with MSE and without any specialized antimalware, FW or HIPS. I recently installed MBAM and I scanned their computer and to my suprise they had nothing, perfectly clean scan. Over the years I have also noticed myself that I get less crap with NS always blocking.
I've been using NS for years and always have all web sites blocked until I temporarily allow them. It's just one part of the security I use. All my scans always turn up empty regardless of the many different software I use. Sometimes I think that the installed securities are all fooling me. *knock wood*
