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SECUTIX Firefox Kit ?

Please use the latest version of the SECUTIX Firefox Kit provided at the top of this page.

How can I know which exact version I

am using ?

Go to the "Help" menu of Firefox (can be either a classic menu like in the screenshot below, or in the top right Image Modified menu under Image Modified) and click "Troubleshooting Information".

Image Modified

In the result, look for the "User Agent" line:

Image Modified

• Updated 2021/08/23
  • Firefox ESR 78.13.0
  • Fixed /CFG parameter not applied

Bishorn V1 (Firefox ESR 78.x, OpenJDK 8u232)[Bishorn_V1_installer.exe|MD5][Bishorn_V1.zip|MD5]

• Updated 2021/08/23
  • Fixed /CFG parameter not applied
• Updated 2021/06/13
  • Firefox ESR 78.11.0
  • Allow user to manually accept certificates of device drivers (to anticipate Certificate Authority of code signing certificate change in 2023)
• Updated 2021/05/18
  • Firefox ESR 78.10.1
• Updated 2021/04/21
  • Firefox ESR 78.10.0
• Updated 2021/03/29
  • Firefox ESR 78.9.0
• Updated 2021/03/22
  • Firefox ESR 78.8.0
• Updated 2021/03/17
  • Fixed 2nd screen "automatic full screen" feature by moving the full screen code in the SecuTix web extensions
  • Fixed firefox displaying some messages in english 
• Updated 2021/01/19
  • Firefox ESR 78.6.1
  • Fixed the SecuTix  web extension icon, added a feature to open the specified homepage, in case the Windows GPO are specifying another homepage
• Updated 2020/12/07: 
  • Firefox ESR 78.5
  • In order to bypass the homepage set by the GPOs, the homepage url is now automatically injected in the command line of firefox
  • It is now possible to add a separate file [customer_config.jsm] in the folder FireFoxPortableESR\App\Firefox to tune some parameters
  • Some anti-viruses were blocking the executable SilentCmd.exe, even through it was built by SecuTix. It has been replaced by a home made program, which is specific to SecuTix.
• Updated 2020/12/07 to set update channel to "none". Following security changes in firefox, administrator settings can override update policies and force firefox updates through GPO and registry (https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md#DisableAppUpdate)
  Changing the update channel prevents detection of firefox updates
• Because of changes in Oracle JRE licence, the kit now comes with OpenJDK, Corretto (AWS) version
  In consequence, the kit now contains 
  • a new secured way to download the device drivers agent
  • a new way to manage network proxies in the device drivers agent

GabelHorn

V1 (Firefox ESR 60.x,  Oracle jre-8u201) [Gabelhorn_V1_installer.exe]

• Updated the 2019/09/27 to fix the language used by Firefox, which was not the one chosen during the installation  in shared mode
• Updated the 2019/07/20 to add Multi-Account Containers extension and make workstation identification .exe use .net 4.0
• Updated the 2019/07/04 to fix the language used by Firefox, which was not the one chosen during the installation
• Updated the 2019/07/02 to fix the proxy used to download the device drivers, and fix some files not removed during uninstall/reinstall
• Updated the 2019/06/24 to include fix for FireFox CVE-2019-11707: Type confusion in Array.pop (Firefox 60.7.2esr)
• Updated java Oracle 8u201

Whymper V3 (Firefox ESR 60.x,  Oracle jre-8u192) [Whymper_V3_installer.exe]

• Updated the 2019/09/27 to fix the language used by Firefox, which was not the one chosen during the installation in shared mode
• Updated the 2019/07/20 to add Multi-Account Containers extension and make workstation identification .exe use .net 4.0
• Updated the 2019/07/04 to fix the language used by Firefox, which was not the one chosen during the installation
• Updated the 2019/07/02 to fix the proxy used to download the device drivers, and fix some files not removed during uninstall/reinstall
• Updated the 2019/06/24 to include fix for CVE-2019-11707: Type confusion in Array.pop (Firefox 60.7.2esr)
• Now the device drivers uses the proxy configured in firefox to configure the device driver's proxy 
• Administrator rights are not asked anymore when installing in a user writeable folder
• Portable Zip version is available: (urls like https://engineering.secutix.com/firefox-kit/Gabelhorn_V1.zip)
• It is now possible to specify the homepage (Silent installer: /HomePage=... )
• New workstation identifier add-on for Firefox Quantum
• Updated to java Oracle 8u192