Firefox 95 enhances the browser's protection against malicious code

[HarborFront]

I get different results depending upon which vpn I use. It passes when I use the Bitdefender VPN.

I'm using ExpressVPN, Surfshark VPN and VyprVPN. None of them pass the TLS 1.3 test at Clourflare site

 

[oldschool]

No white screen here.

 

[n8chavez]

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I'm not experiencing it. Can you link the website(s) you went to? BTW, I'm using Dark Reader

Well, pretty much every page I go to, and every one I've tried, shows a white screen before the page's content loads. This occurs with FF95, with Stylus and Dark Reader. This doesn't happen in FF94 or waterfox G4.

 

[n8chavez]

I'm using ExpressVPN, Surfshark VPN and VyprVPN. None of them pass the TLS 1.3 test at Clourflare site

Ummm....why so many VPNs? You know the old sang "If you have three quarterbacks, you actually have zero quarterback"? If you don't have one you trust you have none you should use.

 

[HarborFront]

Ummm....why so many VPNs? You know the old sang "If you have three quarterbacks, you actually have zero quarterback"? If you don't have one you trust you have none you should use.

They work in China. Surfshark has double-hop feature

 

[harlan4096]

FF95 here:

 

[HarborFront]

FF95 here:

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Did you set secure DNS in FF?

 

[harlan4096]

Of course:

 

[CyberTech]

Same as harlan and no white screen.

 

[Kongo]

I think you need to set up Secure DNS and Encrypted SNI in FF before you can pass all the 4 tests. Read below

Check if your browser uses Secure DNS, DNSSEC, TLS 1.3, and Encrypted SNI - gHacks Tech News

Cloudflare's Browsing Experience Security Check online tool tests the capabilities of the web browser in regards to certain privacy and security related features.

www.ghacks.net

But I don't use secure DNS because I'm using VPN

Firefox doesn't have encrypted SNI anymore. They use ECH: Encrypted Client Hello: the future of ESNI in Firefox – Mozilla Security Blog

I get different results depending upon which vpn I use. It passes when I use the Bitdefender VPN.

Open the about:config settings in Firefox and try setting security.tls.version.max to 4 and security.tls.version.min to 3
Now Firefox only allows TLS v. 1.2 and 1.3
If the issue is actually related to your VPN then that's probably not the right solution.

 

[n8chavez]

Well, what the heck. The white screen issue for me started happening with FF95, happens in FF96, but does not happen in FF94 or Waterfox (based on FF92?). Maybe it's time for me to try Vivaldi, and see what v5.0 brings to the table.

 

[CyberTech]

Well, what the heck. The white screen issue for me started happening with FF95, happens in FF96, but does not happen in FF94 or Waterfox (based on FF92?). Maybe it's time for me to try Vivaldi, and see what v5.0 brings to the table.

Try Private Window without Addons

 

[n8chavez]

Try Private Window without Addons

Same. Nothing changed. The same things happens when I use a new profile too.

 

[Moonhorse]

Its insane how much single open tab eats memory on firefox...?

 

[Kongo]

Same. Nothing changed. The same things happens when I use a new profile too.

Maybe it is related to a security software that you have installed which delays the loading of the website. E.g. AdGuard Windows or an Antivirus that has problems with the new Firefox version?

 

[n8chavez]

Maybe it is related to a security software that you have installed which delays the loading of the website. E.g. AdGuard Windows or an Antivirus that has problems with the new Firefox version?

I don't think so. The only thing I use is sandboxie. Well, that and Windows Defender. But I turned off real-time scanning in Defender and saw no difference.

 

[Kongo]

I don't think so. The only thing I use is sandboxie. Well, that and Windows Defender. But I turned off real-time scanning in Defender and saw no difference.

Tried running Firefox outside the sandbox?

 

[n8chavez]

Its insane how much single open tab eats memory on firefox...?
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Yeah...that's not right. For me Firefox is incredibly light. What extensions are you using with it?

 

[n8chavez]

Tried running Firefox outside the sandbox?

I have. Unfortunately, there was no difference. Now is appears that the beta of FF96 does not have this issue after the loading of the first site, after I load Firefox. It also does not appear to be related to using 3rd-party DNS service, such as ControlD. Curiouser and curiouser....

 

[HarborFront]

Firefox doesn't have encrypted SNI anymore. They use ECH: Encrypted Client Hello: the future of ESNI in Firefox – Mozilla Security Blog


Open the about:config settings in Firefox and try setting security.tls.version.max to 4 and security.tls.version.min to 3
Now Firefox only allows TLS v. 1.2 and 1.3
If the issue is actually related to your VPN then that's probably not the right solution.

So, is the ESNI test at Cloudflare site no longer valid since the ESNI setting in FF95 no longer there?