Thread: OT: Important Security Issue in Non-IE browsers
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Old February 8th, 2005, 10:57 AM
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Default Re: OT: Important Security Issue in Non-IE browser


The fix for Firefix is pretty simple. Type aboutfig in the address bar. Scroll down until you see network.enableIDN then double-click it to change the value to false. This shouldn't hurt anything, since IE doesn't support this feature anyway (and the internet is IE-biased).
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