Mozilla auto configuration

TODO

Improve explanation? the mozilla page and URL in configuration file aren't enough?
Split the configuration between browser/mailer
Use file compare for checks

WPKG package

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<packages>
  <package
      id='firefox-config'
      name='Configuration globale de Mozilla Firefox'
      revision='3.6.13'
      reboot='false'
      priority='300'>

    <variable name='MOZ_DIR' value='%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox' />

    <!-- my-load-config.js has good size? -->
    <check type='file' condition='sizeequals' value='XX'
           path='%MOZ_DIR%\defaults\pref\my-load-config.js'/>

    <!-- my-config.cfg has good size? -->
    <check type='file' condition='sizeequals' value='XX'
           path='%MOZ_DIR%\my-config.cfg'/>

    <!-- Firefox is default browser? -->
    <check type='registry' condition='equals'
           path='HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\http\shell\open\command'
           value='%MOZ_DIR%\Firefox.exe -url "%1"'/>

    <install cmd='"%ComSpec% /c copy /Y "%CMD_PATH%\my-load-config.js" "%MOZ_DIR%\defaults\pref\"'/>
    <install cmd='"%ComSpec% /c copy /Y "%CMD_PATH%\my-config.cfg" "%MOZ_DIR%\"'/>

    <upgrade cmd='"%ComSpec% /c copy /Y "%CMD_PATH%\my-load-config.js" "%MOZ_DIR%\defaults\pref\"'/>
    <upgrade cmd='"%ComSpec% /c copy /Y "%CMD_PATH%\my-config.cfg" "%MOZ_DIR%\"'/>

    <remove cmd='"%ComSpec% /c del /F /Q "%MOZ_DIR%\defaults\pref\my-load-config.js"'/>
    <remove cmd='"%ComSpec% /c del /F /Q "%MOZ_DIR%\my-config.cfg"'/>

  </package>
</packages>

A file to enable the system wide configuration

To enable the system wide configuration, we set general.config.filename in a .js file under "%ProgramFiles%\<Mozilla Product>\defaults\pref\":

my-load-config.js:

// -*- java -*-
// put this file in "%ProgramFiles%\<Mozilla Product>\defaults\pref\"
// Load my-config.cfg
pref("general.config.filename", "my-config.cfg");

The configuration file

The configuration file is cyphered with Wikipedia:Rot13, you can find a perl script moz-byteshift.pl to cypher the configuration.

Thunderbird is configure with general.config.obscure_value to 0, so no cyphering is required.

// -*- java -*-

// Firefox 3.5 autoconfiguration
// Works with 3.0 except for bookmarks

// // put this configuration in a file called mozilla.cfg in mozilla
// // firefox installation directory
// pref("general.config.filename", "firefox.cfg");

// Works based on:
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en/MCD
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Automatic_Mozilla_Configurator/Locked_config_settings
// http://mit.edu/~firefox/www/maintainers/autoconfig.html
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Places
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Manipulating_bookmarks_using_Places
// http://mxr.mozilla.org/firefox/source/netwerk/test/unit/test_permmgr.js
// http://mxr.mozilla.org/firefox/ident?i=nsIPermissionManager

var CC = Components.classes;
var CI = Components.interfaces;

// newURI create an URI object
var ios = CC["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"]
    .getService(CI.nsIIOService);

// Bookmark service
var bks = CC["@mozilla.org/browser/nav-bookmarks-service;1"]
    .getService(CI.nsINavBookmarksService);

// Permission manager service
var pms = CC["@mozilla.org/permissionmanager;1"]
    .getService(CI.nsIPermissionManager);

function MyAutoAddBookmark(name, url, index, folder) {
    var uri = ios.newURI(url, null, null);
    if ( ! bks.isBookmarked(uri) )
        return bks.insertBookmark(folder, uri, index, name);
}

function MyAutoDelBookmark(url) {
    var uri = ios.newURI(url, null, null);
    if ( bks.isBookmarked(uri) ) {
        var count = {};
        var bkIds = bks.getBookmarkIdsForURI(uri, count);
        for (var i = 0; i < bkIds.length; i++) {
            bks.removeItem(bkIds[i]);
        }
    }
}

function MyAutoAddPerm(url, type, action) {
    // nsIPermissionManager is an extension
    if (! pms)
        return;
    var uri = ios.newURI(url, null, null);
    return pms.add(uri, type, action);
}

////
//// Begin Configuration
////

// Bookmarks and perms management
var bookmarks =
    [
     // folder = bks.bookmarksMenuFolder | bks.toolbarFolder | bks.tagsFolder | custom
     // format: [name, url, index, folder]
     ["Wikipedia", "http://www.wikipedia.org", 0, bks.toolbarFolder],
     ["WPKG Silent Installer", "http://wpkg.org/Category:Silent_Installers", 1, bks.toolbarFolder],
     ];

var bookmarks_del =
    [
     // With and without trailing /
     // HomePage useless in bookmark
     "http://www.lwn.net",
     "http://www.lwn.net/",
     ];

var perms =
    [
     // type = cookie | image | popup
     // permission = pms.ALLOW_ACTION (1) | pms.DENY_ACTION (2)
     // format: [url, type, permission]
     ["http://wpkg.org", "cookie", pms.ALLOW_ACTION],
     ["http://wpkg.org", "popup", pms.ALLOW_ACTION],
     ["http://wikipedia.org", "cookie", pms.ALLOW_ACTION],
     ["http://wikipedia.org", "popup", pms.ALLOW_ACTION],
     ];

for (var i = 0; i < bookmarks.length; i++) {
    try {
        MyAutoAddBookmark(bookmarks[i][0], bookmarks[i][1], bookmarks[i][2], bookmarks[i][3]);
    }
    // Try must have a catch or finally
    finally {
        // Do nothing
        null;
    }
}

for (var i = 0; i < bookmarks_del.length; i++) {
    try {
        MyAutoDelBookmark( bookmarks_del[i] );
    }
    // Try must have a catch or finally
    finally {
        // Do nothing
        null;
    }
}

for (var i = 0; i < perms.length; i++) {
    try {
        MyAutoAddPerm(perms[i][0], perms[i][1], perms[i][2]);
    }
    // Try must have a catch or finally
    finally {
        // Do nothing
        null;
    }
}

//
// about:config settings
//
// pref       : user can change
// lockPref   : user can not change
// defaultPref: default value
//

lockPref("app.update.enabled", false);

lockPref("browser.bookmarks.added_static_root", true);

// Download
lockPref("browser.download.manager.closeWhenDone", true);
lockPref("browser.download.manager.retention", 0);
lockPref("browser.download.useDownloadDir", false);

// Form filling
lockPref("browser.formfill.enable", true);

// History expiration
defaultPref("browser.history_expire_days", 180);
defaultPref("browser.history_expire_days.min", 180);
defaultPref("browser.history_expire_days.mirror", 180);

// Shown mozilla rights
lockPref("browser.rights.3.shown", true);

lockPref("browser.preferences.advanced.selectedTabIndex", 0);

// FF is the default browser
lockPref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", true);

// HomePage
lockPref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.lwn.net/");

defaultPref("general.smoothScroll", true);

// Charset autodetection
lockPref("intl.charset.detector", "universal_charset_detector");

// Proxy
// lockPref("network.proxy.autoconfig_url", "http://proxy.example.org/proxy.pac");
// lockPref("network.proxy.type", 2);

// Do not load links in background
lockPref("network.prefetch-next", false);

//
lockPref("browser.privatebrowsing.autostart", false);

// Sage Browsing on Goole by default
defaultPref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", true);
defaultPref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", true);

lockPref("extensions.update.notifyUser", false);
lockPref("general.warnOnAboutConfig", true);

// Disable buttons
// Homepage settings
lockPref("pref.browser.homepage.disable_button.current_page", true);
lockPref("pref.browser.homepage.disable_button.restore_default", true);
lockPref("pref.browser.homepage.disable_button.bookmark_page", true);

// Password viewer
lockPref("pref.privacy.disable_button.view_passwords", true);

// Clear privacy data
// on shutdown
lockPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cache", true);
lockPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.downloads", true);
defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.formdata", false);
lockPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.passwords", true);
lockPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.sessions", true);
lockPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.siteSettings", true);
defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies", true);
defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.history", false);
defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.offlineApps", true);
lockPref("privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", true);

// With Ctrl-Shift-del
lockPref("privacy.cpd.cache", true);
lockPref("privacy.cpd.downloads", true);
lockPref("privacy.cpd.formdata", false);
lockPref("privacy.cpd.offlineApps", true);
lockPref("privacy.cpd.passwords", true);
lockPref("privacy.cpd.sessions", true);
lockPref("privacy.cpd.siteSettings", true);

defaultPref("privacy.cpd.cookies", true);
defaultPref("privacy.cpd.history", false);

// Reject popup
lockPref("privacy.popups.policy", 2);
lockPref("dom.disable_open_during_load", true);
lockPref("browser.popups.showPopupBlocker", true);

// Even from plugins
lockPref("privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins", 2);

// Security warnings
// defaultPref("security.warn_entering_secure", true);
// defaultPref("security.warn_entering_secure.show", true);
// pref("security.warn_entering_secure.show_once", false);

// Weak encryption
lockPref("security.warn_entering_weak", true);
lockPref("security.warn_entering_weak.show_once", false);

// defaultPref("security.warn_leaving_secure", true);
// defaultPref("security.warn_leaving_secure.show_once", false);

// Submit without https
// defaultPref("security.warn_submit_insecure", true);
// defaultPref("security.warn_submit_insecure.show_once", false);

// Mixed secured/unsecured
// defaultPref("security.warn_viewing_mixed", true);
// defaultPref("security.warn_viewing_mixed.show_once", false);

// Remember form data
lockPref("signon.rememberSignons", false);
lockPref("signon.autofillForms", false);

Mozilla Configuration

Mozilla auto configuration

TODO

WPKG package

A file to enable the system wide configuration

The configuration file

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