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Is ext.to dangerous? It caused librewolf to ask for firewall permissions (merv.news)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've never seen any website cause a firewall permission request

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Assuming you've gotten LibreWolf from a proper, verified source (GitHub, package manager like chocolatey), then there shouldn't be any issues.

But, to be on the safe side, check out your extensions and also plugins to verify nothing untowards has snuck it's way on to your system.

You could of course go into the Windows firewall, note what permissions LibreWolf has, then allow it and check again to see what was added.

But, chances are, LibreWolf (don't use it myself) asked to access either magnet links or other ports other than 443 or 80. If LibreWolf has built-in torrent support or you've installed an extension that does, it will require some other ports to function.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I got it from chocolately.

Wait why accept the permission? I don’t really want to risk it installing something I don’t notice

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's a firewall access prompt. In true MS fashion it won't tell you what ports it is opening.

So by accepting you're not giving the app any permissions like say read-write permission or administrative access, but if the app should have access to a port on the network.

Standard ports for the web are 443 (HTTPS, TCP) and 80 (HTTP, TCP). Torrents use other ports and a combination of TCP and UDP packets.

Search for "firewall" in the start menu. The firewall manager shows you all the ports an IPs that are allowed or blocked, along with ports and protocols.