Firefox 35.0 on Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS 64-bit always prompted for

Jiri Vanek jvanek at redhat.com
Tue Feb 24 14:23:36 UTC 2015


Hello Ongun,

I failed to return to your issue, hopwever your last statement was that you are trying withhead. 
Have you been successful?

J.

On 02/03/2015 12:31 AM, Ongun Arısev wrote:
> I have tried modifying the file accordingly changing the security settings and modified the Extended
> Applet Security to Low in the IcedTea Web Control Panel and it still does not work. I have also
> attached a screen shot containing relevant settings for reference purposes. Furthermore, when I
> untick the check box seen inside the red rectangle in the SS it is not registered as I confirm when
> I launch the web settings again and see it ticked, why might this be the case? I should also note
> that on the system with Oracle Java installed I am never prompted for running this particular VPN
> application.
>
> Ongun Arısev
>
> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 5:13 PM, Ongun Arısev <ongunarisev at gmail.com <mailto:ongunarisev at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
>     Thanks for the reply, I am replying inline.
>
>     Ongun Arısev
>
>     On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Jiri Vanek <jvanek at redhat.com <mailto:jvanek at redhat.com>> wrote:
>
>         The file you posted is invalid. You mixed two properties to one:
>
>         Use
>         deployment.security.level=__ALLOW_UNSIGNED
>
>         or
>
>         deployment.manifest.__attributes.check=false
>
>         or
>
>         deployment.manifest.__attributes.check=false
>         deployment.security.level=__ALLOW_UNSIGNED
>
>
>         not: deployment.security.level=__FALSE :)
>
>         Where did you read that??
>
>         Otherwise you edited correct file.
>
>         (btw - iweb settings can handle setting of deployment.security.level via gui.)
>
>     Okay so which setting does it correspond to on the GUI? I do not have access to that computer
>     right now, but I will try it this week.
>
>
>         gksudo itweb-settings x itweb-settings
>
>         The first is lunching itweb settings as ROOT so you see ROOT's config. Second lunches it as
>         you. Thats why they are different.
>
>         If you wont to edit the deployment file for all users on machine.. it may be tricky, 1) its
>         vaguely specified 2) itweb support for it is a bit buggy...
>
>     As far as I am concerned it is best to change the settings per user and changing the settings
>     for ROOT does not have any effect, am I correct here?
>
>
>         Tou may try following locations where to place globally affecting file:
>
>         deffined as : ${deployment.java.home}/lib/__deployment.config  may result to
>         /java/which/runitweb/lib/__deployment.config
>         or
>         /java/which/runitweb/lib/__deployment.properties
>         or
>         /etc/java/deployment.config
>         /etc/java/deployment.__properties
>
>         But I'm reallya fraid it is a bit broken :(
>
>         Also you have to know, that deployment.config just contains url (file's url) to real
>         deployment.properties. (and thats what is brolken in itw:( )
>
>
>         What do you mean by "IcedTea 1.6 somehow"  ?? Icedtea or icedtea-web?
>         icedtea6 is OpenJDK6 + icedtea6.1.13
>         icedtea-web (1.5 and older) works fine on icedtea-6
>
>         Yes, you can build it on your own... But why would yo do so???
>
>
>     By that I meant installing it or compiling it from source(the plugin which refers to Icedtea on
>     the software center I guess) to use a newer version so that it retains my decision to launch the
>     VPN services and ceases to ask for prompt every time.
>
>         On 01/30/2015 04:21 PM, Ongun Arısev wrote:
>
>             Dear Jiri Vanek,
>
>             Does the IcedTea plugin have a configuration file elsewhere?
>
>             Thanks,
>
>             Ongun Arısev
>
>             On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 8:55 PM, Ongun Arısev <ongunarisev at gmail.com
>             <mailto:ongunarisev at gmail.com> <mailto:ongunarisev at gmail.com
>             <mailto:ongunarisev at gmail.com>>__>
>             wrote:
>
>                  Thanks for the quick reply I think I will contact with the IT department of my
>             university and
>                  may forward your e-mail to point at the issue. Apart from that I changed the
>             mentioned line on
>                  the file *~/.config/icedtea-web/__deployme**nt.properties *but it did not solve my
>             issue, here is
>                  the modified version of the file for the trial of a quick fix:
>
>                  #Netx deployment configuration
>                  #Thu Jan 29 20:47:47 EET 2015
>                  #deployment.security.level=__ASK_UNSIGNED
>                  deployment.security.level=__FALSE
>
>                  I should also note that I use Firefox 35.0 as a regular user and noticed that the
>             settings
>                  differ in the "IcedTea Web Control Panel" when launched within the terminal via the
>             following
>                  command:
>
>                  gksudo itweb-settings
>
>                  itweb-settings
>
>                  Should I modify another file instead for a global change in effect for all the
>             users on my PC?
>                  Furthermore, is it possible to install IcedTea 1.6 somehow(via using backports for
>             example)?
>
>                  Ongun Arısev
>
>                  On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Jiri Vanek <jvanek at redhat.com
>             <mailto:jvanek at redhat.com> <mailto:jvanek at redhat.com <mailto:jvanek at redhat.com>>> wrote:
>
>                      On 01/28/2015 08:45 PM, Ongun Arısev wrote:
>
>                          I could not attach the screen shot to the previous e-mail, I apologize for
>             that here it is.
>
>                          Ongun Arısev
>
>                          On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 9:43 PM, Ongun Arısev <ongunarisev at gmail.com
>             <mailto:ongunarisev at gmail.com>
>                          <mailto:ongunarisev at gmail.com <mailto:ongunarisev at gmail.com>>
>             <mailto:ongunarisev at gmail.com <mailto:ongunarisev at gmail.com>
>                          <mailto:ongunarisev at gmail.com <mailto:ongunarisev at gmail.com>>__>__>
>                          wrote:
>
>                               Greetings,
>
>                               I would like to mark some of the Java applications I use regularly
>             such as the
>                          campus VPN
>                               services as trusted so that I will not be prompted everytime I launch
>             it about
>                          whether I am sure
>                               or not running the application. However, I could not find an easy way
>             after doing
>                          an exhausting
>                               search on the web and using the *IcedTea Web Control Panel* both as a
>             regular user
>                          and as an
>                               administrator. I am posting a screenshot too in order to illustrate
>             the prompt that
>                          I want to
>                               get rid of. I would be very grateful if someone can assist or guide me
>             in the right
>                          direction
>                               with this problem.
>
>                               Regards,
>
>                               Ongun Arısev
>
>
>                      hi!
>
>                      Luckily for you, there is multiple solutions for your case.
>
>                      If you have access to the application (as it is in your vpn, some administrator
>             should be
>                      able to fix it)  then you should apply the most correct solution:
>
>                      Most correct solution: adapt application manifest to valid state:
>             http://docs.oracle.com/javase/____7/docs/technotes/guides/__jweb/__security/manifest.html <http://docs.oracle.com/javase/__7/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/__security/manifest.html>
>
>             <http://docs.oracle.com/__javase/7/docs/technotes/__guides/jweb/security/manifest.__html
>             <http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/security/manifest.html>>
>             http://docs.oracle.com/javase/____7/docs/technotes/guides/__jweb/__security/no_redeploy.__html
>             <http://docs.oracle.com/javase/__7/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/__security/no_redeploy.html>
>
>             <http://docs.oracle.com/__javase/7/docs/technotes/__guides/jweb/security/no___redeploy.html
>             <http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/security/no_redeploy.html>>
>
>                      In your case, the non-set/wrongly set attribute is
>             http://docs.oracle.com/javase/____7/docs/technotes/guides/__jweb/__security/manifest.html#__app___library
>             <http://docs.oracle.com/javase/__7/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/__security/manifest.html#app___library>
>
>             <http://docs.oracle.com/__javase/7/docs/technotes/__guides/jweb/security/manifest.__html#app_library
>             <http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/security/manifest.html#app_library>>
>                      Your admin just can put :
>
>                      Application-Library-Allowable-____Codebase: https://vpn.ku.edu.tr/*
>
>                      to main jar's manifest. (note, the application must be signed again after this
>             change)
>
>                      If you will go by this way, you may wont to fill in most of the rest security
>             manifest
>                      attributes
>
>
>
>
>                      Other solution are customization of your itw via itweb settings:
>                      If you put
>                      Extended applet security -> security settings  to LOW then
>                      Application-Library-Allowable-____Codebase attribute is not checked. (you could
>             read this in
>                      the provided links in yor dialogue ;)
>
>
>                      If you need Extended applet security -> security settings  on higher level then
>             low, you
>                      have to modify  ~/.config/icedtea-web/____deployment.properties file. If you
>             will include line
>                      deployment.manifest.____attributes.check=false
>                      then  manifest attributes are not ever checked.
>
>
>                      If you set this up, and will access outside of vpn, you may face mallicious
>             programs.
>
>
>                      I strongly encourages you to use "most correct solution"
>
>
>
>                      If non of those solutions fits you, then good new for you is, that in upcoming
>             version of
>                      ITW (1.6)  this dialogue have "remember decision" checkbox. But you must wait
>             for few month
>                      for it.
>
>
>                      J.
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