Firefox 23 final will be released on August 6

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  1. siljaline

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    Firefox 23 finally adds TLS 1.1 support, 1.2 added in FF 24. However they are disabled by default because of backward compatibility problems and other bugs. Plus, they still need to implement the new AES GCM cipher suites since it's mandatory in 1.2 AFAIK.
    If you want to enable the new TLS versions you'll have to use about:config since they removed it from the GUI since v23...
    http://kb.mozillazine.org/Security.tls.version.*
     
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    security.tls.version.max defaults to 1 on version 23.
    If you are feeling adventurous you can get it from their FTP now.There may or may not be another build before it is released. There were 10 betas...
     
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    I see that in FF22 the "use TLS 1.0" option is available in advanced security settings. Is the TLS setting removed from the settings UI in FF23, and when you say the setting default is "1" does that mean FF23 uses TLS 1.1 by default?
     
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    Yes, the TLS setting is removed from the settings UI in v23.
    You have 2 entries, one for the minimum required protocol and one for the maximum enabled protocol, 0 = SSL 3.0, 1 = TLS 1.0, 2 = TLS 1.1 and 3 = TLS 1.2(not yet supported in FF23, 1.2 is available from v24)
    So for example if you set minimum value to 1 and maximum value to 2, then TLS 1.0 and 1.1 will be enabled and SSL 3 and TSL 1.2 will be disabled.
    See here for more details:
    http://kb.mozillazine.org/Security.tls.version.*
     
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    I wish they would stop removing all of the settings from software. At least I can work a config file. If they take that away I am switching browsers.
     
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    So, if I set min to "1" and max to "2" does Firefox automatically attempt to use TLS 1.1 and, if it can't negotiate a connection, fallback to TLS 1.0? Is it desirable to intentionally exclude SSL 3 by not setting min to "0"?
     
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    Yes, it tries the newest protocol and if the server doesn't support that it goes down the list until it finds one that works(though it doesn't try protocols you excluded of course)
    I think TLS 1.0 is slightly more secure than SSL 3.0 so that would improve security a very little bit, and since TLS 1.0 has been around for a long time I don't think it should cause compatibility problems. Though TLS 1.0 is old and has vulnerabilities, so improvement on security is minimal. Perhaps it can be compared a bit by running an outdated, vulnerable version of Firefox; your boss doesn't allow updates to latest version because they must be tested first, so you're still running Firefox 17.0, then 18.0 is approved by your boss and you can upgrade to v18 and have some vulnerabilities fixed, but you are still way behind and there are still lots of unfixed vulnerabilities, though it's still a little better than staying on v17. Not a great comparison but you get the general idea.
     
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    There is a request on Bugzilla to add SSL/TLS version information to the pop-up that appears when you click the lock icon. I've also added a comment to suggest more information, such as Perfect Forward Secrecy, (In)secure renegotiation, more details etc. It would be nice if people from here would add their vote to the request to get attention from the devs and speed up implementation.
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=834052
     
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    Same here, very annoying trend :(
     
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    Are you sure TLS 1.1 isn't enabled by default? I really hope you're wrong, or that they enable it by default in v24.

    IE11 will enable it by default for 1.1 and 1.2
    Chrome has it enabled for 1.1 and will add support for 1.2 in the next? version.
    Safari has 1.1 & 1.2 implemented and on by default in the latest version.

    Firefox is all that's left.
     
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    Yes, I just installed the 23 update and checked it, it's disabled.
    I set security.tls.version.max to 2 and checked some sites that don't support 1.1 and 1.2 but it works fine so far o_O
     
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    That's good news as it implies that the next version will have both on by default.

    Odd that it works when setting a higher level and no fallback is implemented, maybe the option isn't functional?
     
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    Default fallback is SSL 3 ( security.tls.version.min = 0 )

    I'm not seeing that BoerenkoolMetWorst changed it....?
     
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    No I didn't, now I'm a bit confused :D I thought that if you enabled TLS 1.1, fallback doesn't work so that's why it's disabled by default until Mozilla fixes this. But with TLS 1.1 enabled, sites that do and don't support TLS 1.1 both work properly, so it seems to me that fallback works properly.
    So you're saying I should disable SSL 3 and TLS 1.0 so there is no fallback, and then in a later version Mozilla will fix TLS 1.2 and 1.1 and implement fallback to 1.0 and SSL 3 even if I disabled those?
     
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    according to this page it doesnt, under caveats.

    Overall I think the implementation is a mess, there is a few valid reasons why someone eg. may want tls 1.1 but not tls 1.0 enabled. The lack of auto rollback is pretty bad but at least they plan to add it, thats the reason the default is disabled higher tls at the moment. Also with earlier posters I agree firefox seems to be at the moment continiosly been dumbed down with almost every new version removing configurable options.
     
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    for the past couple of months or so Firefox feels faster than Chrome.

    i don't know if it's Chrome getting more bloated or Firefox getting slimmer...
     
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    hmmm, Click to Play does not work anymore.

    guess it's time to re-install NoScript. lol
     
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    To get click to play working, you need to change "plugins.click_to_play" to true in about:config. Personally, I don't use Click to play and prefer to use NoScript to handle the one and only plugin that I use (Flash).

    Bo
     
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    that alone does not work anymore.
    you also have to change the plugin.default.state from to 2 to 1

    from what i've gathered this should be fixed in v.24
     
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    I have seen some test scores showing Fx faster than Chrome. In my experience on multiple computers Firefox & Maxthon both seem faster than Chrome. SeaMonkey doesn't seem much different either.
     
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    As far as I can tell, there's nothing to fix. If you change " plugins.click_to_play" to true, the option "Ask to activate" becomes available in the Firefox plugins drop down menus. I just tried it and it works, no need to change plugin.default.state from to 2 to 1.

    Bo
     
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    tnx!

    i'll go have a look. :)
     
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