Firefox: Basic Security

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Firefox: Basic Security Guide

Written by fox

See index for more information.

1 Protecting your saved passwords
2 Clearing your cookies
3 Set a master password
4 Clear your stored passwords
5 Reset your master password
6 Popup Blocker
7 Index

Protecting your saved passwords

) Go to Tools->Options...->Privacy->Saved Passwords
) Push the button "Change Master Password".
) Enter a password twice, check "Password quality check" to see how

good the password is.

) Push "OK", now you have sett the password protection.

After that, download the extension Master Password Timeout = click

here By default, this extension will lock the acces with the saved

passwords after 300 seconds of not using the settings, after that

you need to use you master password to gain acces again.

Clearing your cookies

Deleting Cookies on Firefox
Click Tools then Options.
Click Privacy.
Click Clear across from the Cookies option.
Click Ok to return to the browser main page.
Exit and relaunch the browser.

Set a master password

For Firefox: "Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Saved Passwords -> Set Master Password".

For Thunderbird ~1.5: "Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Saved Passwords -> Master Password -> Change Password".

For Thunderbird 1.5: "Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Passwords -> Set Master Password".

For Mozilla Suite: "Edit -> Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Master Passwords -> Change Password".

Note: Enabling the Master Password feature will not protect any passwords that are already stored in the Password Manager. To remedy this, clear your current passwords.

Clear your stored passwords

For Firefox: "Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Saved Passwords -> Clear".

For Thunderbird ~1.5: "Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Saved Passwords -> View Saved Passwords -> Remove All".

For Thunderbird 1.5: "Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Passwords -> View Saved Passwords -> Remove All".

For Mozilla Suite: "Edit -> Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Passwords -> Manage Stored Passwords -> Remove All".

Reset your master password

If you have lost or forgotten your Master Password or you want to disable the feature, reset your master password. Note that, upon resetting, you will lose all the stored information in the Password Manager as this is a built-in security feature to prevent people otherwise resetting your master password and gaining access to your passwords.

For Firefox ~1.5: enter "chrome://pippki/content/resetpassword.xul" (see Chrome URLs) in the location bar and click on "Reset"

For Firefox 1.5: "Tools -> Options ->Privacy -> Passwords -> Remove Master Password"

For Thunderbird ~1.5: "Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Saved Passwords -> Master Password -> Reset Password".

For Thunderbird 1.5: "Tools -> Options ->Privacy -> Passwords -> Remove Master Password"

For Mozilla Suite: "Edit -> Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Master Passwords -> Reset Password".

Popup Blocker

If you disabled your pop-up blocker on firefox, to re-enable the popup blocker fo to Tools -> Options -> Content -> and Check "Block Popup Windows". Enabling this may block some

legitimate pop-ups like www.fedex.com.