Sometime we may need to connect to a web service that, for security reasons, accepts incoming connections only from specific hosts or IP addresses and our computer does not match any of those requirements.
The best way to connect to those services is to connect first to an intermediate computer that act as proxy to the target service we want to access.
To configure Mozilla Firefox to access a proxy, you first need to have the proxy details (you may request them to the Network Admin of the service you need to access):
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Speed Up Mozilla Firefox by optimizing the database
We have seen how to speed up Google Chrome by optimizing the profile database on Linux, but a similar procedure works also for Mozilla Firefox.
Install Firefox on Ubuntu with official repository
Few days ago the final version of Firefox 4 come to life. With this guide I will show you how to install Firefox 4 on Ubuntu and its variants with the official repositories.