Firefox/Mozilla exploit semi-permanenet fix

[Bill Campbell]

On Wed, Feb 09, 2005, Ken Moffat wrote:
>Brad De Vries wrote:
>
>>>bill campbell wrote:
>>>
>>>I came across a very nice solution to this problem on another mailing 
>>>list.
>>>Install the ``Adblock'' extension (Tools->Extensions).  Restart FireFox,
>>>then go to Tools->Adblock and add the filter pattern: /[^\x20-\xFF]/.
>>>This will block andy URL that uses characters outside the normal ASCII 
>>>range.
>>>
>>>Bill
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>
>>Don't forget to turn on the 'Site Blocking' feature within Adblock 
>>Preferences:
>>1) Tools | Adblock | Preferences...
>>2) Click on 'Adblock Options' and check the 'Site Blocking' feature.
>>3) Enter the filter Bill listed above.
>>4) Accept the warning about the regular expression entry.
>>
>>Brad.
>>_______________________________________________
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>> 
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>
>No side effects? This allows all regular sites?

It should allow anything with legitimate ascii characters in the URL.

Bill
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