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Re:Firefox about:config privacy settings on Friday September 07, 2018 @11:59AM (#17935322)
It blocks legitimate sites, e.g. file-droppers just because someone dropped a malware file there.
Re:What drives IPv6 deployment? on Friday September 07, 2018 @11:34AM (#17935072)
Newer devices might support the Port Control Protocol, so applications can ask for the port to be forwarded on ipv4 and allowed in the firewall for ipv6
Re:Firefox about:config privacy settings on Friday September 07, 2018 @10:52AM (#17934688)
> dom.event.contextmenu.enabled = false

This is a blunt tool. Some sites uses context menu events in a benign way. A better alternative is to simply bypass context handlers with shift-rightclick when necessary.

> webgl.force-enabled

This isn't really a performance improvement. If webgl is disabled it's due to troublesome drivers. Forcing it on can crash things.

> layers.offmainthreadcomposition.enabled = true > layers.offmainthreadcomposition.async-animations = true

Those are the defaults anyway on supported platforms

Re:What drives IPv6 deployment? on Friday September 07, 2018 @10:40AM (#17934583)
Even multiplayer games were played by directly connecting to game servers that could be operated by anyone, no company-hosted clouds that will shut down after a few years.
Re:What drives IPv6 deployment? on Friday September 07, 2018 @09:00AM (#17933884)
Any IPv6-capable CPE I have seen also has an IPv6 firewall that blocks incoming connections without the downsides of NATs.
Re:What drives IPv6 deployment? on Friday September 07, 2018 @08:57AM (#17933870)
The end-to-end principle where any node on the internet can talk to any other one. This allows anyone to start a service and services (and people) talk to each other without intermediaries. It levels the playing field. Losing that concentrates power and takes options from individuals.