[SOLVED] firefox and ftp

Toutatis · 04-24-2021, 02:59 AM

I use salckware64-current.

The way firefox deals ftp sites has changed.
A few days ago it just opened the ftp site and to download a file one had just to click on the file name.
Now firefox asks to choose a web browser to open the ftp site. Once it is chosen, I am asked to open xdg-open.
How to make firefox use the old way ?

Petri Kaukasoina · 04-24-2021, 03:05 AM

Try 'about:config' and there change network.ftp.enabled to true.

Toutatis · 04-24-2021, 03:19 AM

Thank you very much. It works again. I don't know why network.ftp.enabled became false

Petri Kaukasoina · 04-24-2021, 03:27 AM

The release notes give a ridiculous explanation: "FTP support has been disabled, and its full removal is planned for an upcoming release. Addressing this security risk reduces the likelihood of an attack while also removing support for a non-encrypted protocol."

chrisretusn · 04-24-2021, 04:35 AM

Yeah pretty silly reason by Mozilla.

https://www.ghacks.net/2021/04/16/fi...sites-anymore/

marav · 04-24-2021, 05:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisretusn

Yeah pretty silly reason by Mozilla.

https://www.ghacks.net/2021/04/16/fi...sites-anymore/

https://www.ghacks.net/2020/03/19/mo...x-web-browser/

Code:

Bug 1574475 deals with the removal of FTP support. The main reason why FTP is being removed
is that it is considered insecure but Google's decision to remove support from Chrome 
certainly played a role in Mozilla's decision to remove support as well.

Mozilla could have opted for implementing support for secure FTP in Firefox; 
a bug was filed 19 years ago to introduce support for SFTP in Firefox but nothing ever came out of it.

drgibbon · 04-24-2021, 05:23 AM

Adios FTP!

Paulo2 · 04-24-2021, 08:29 AM

Firefox changed the history button too (the clock one), it doesn't show the full history anymore by site and date.
I need two buttons to see the history.

I'm switching to Seamonkey, hope that Mozilla doesn't change Seamonkey too.

(and if Thunderbird changes, I will switch to Seamonkey's mail.
Back to the Navigator suite

)

chrisretusn · 04-24-2021, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paulo2

Firefox changed the history button too (the clock one), it doesn't show the full history anymore by site and date.
I need two buttons to see the history.

I don't use that button. I have the Menu Bar enabled. History > Show All History gets me there (Ctrl+Shift+ H).

hitest · 04-24-2021, 11:44 AM

Also, Slackware ships with gftp and you can get filezilla on SBo.

marav · 04-24-2021, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hitest

Also, Slackware ships with gftp and you can get filezilla on SBo.

download speed with gFTP is dramatic