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Mozilla Firefox 2.5

1 new setting, 1 changed since 2.3.

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5 settings · compared with 2.3
  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
    • Description … indicate sites to be blocked. The match patterns are documented at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Match_patterns. [removed: Only http/https addresses are supported at the moment. ]There is a 1000 entry limit. If this policy is disabled or …
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      If this policy is enabled, you can specify match patterns that indicate sites to be blocked. The match patterns are documented at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Match_patterns. [removed: Only http/https addresses are supported at the moment. ]There is a 1000 entry limit. If this policy is disabled or not configured, no websites are blocked.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
    • Description … do not want to block. The match patterns are documented at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Match_patterns. [removed: Only http/https addresses are supported at the moment. ]There is a 1000 entry limit. If this policy is disabled or …
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      If this policy is enabled, and the website filter is enabled, you can specify match patterns for sites you do not want to block. The match patterns are documented at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Match_patterns. [removed: Only http/https addresses are supported at the moment. ]There is a 1000 entry limit. If this policy is disabled or not configured, there are no exceptions to the website filter.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
    • Description … you leave the URL blank, no first run page will be shown. [added: Starting with Firefox 83, Firefox ESR 78.5, you can also specify multiple URLS separated by a vertical bar (|). ]If this policy is disabled or not configured, the first run page …
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      If this policy is enabled, you can specify a URL to be used as the first run page. If you leave the URL blank, no first run page will be shown. [added: Starting with Firefox 83, Firefox ESR 78.5, you can also specify multiple URLS separated by a vertical bar (|). ]If this policy is disabled or not configured, the first run page is displayed.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Popups
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  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
    • Description [added: Note: In order to use this policy, you must clear all settings in the old Preferences (Deprecated) section. ]If this policy is enabled, you can use JSON to configure preferences. …
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      [added: Note: In order to use this policy, you must clear all settings in the old Preferences (Deprecated) section. ]If this policy is enabled, you can use JSON to configure preferences. If this policy is disabled or not configured, preferences are not modified. For detailed information on creating the policy, see https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md#preferences.

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Release
Mozilla Firefox 2.5 (stable)
Published
17 Nov 2020
Collected
19 Oct 2026 15:20 UTC
Templates
2 ADMX files, 12 ADML files in 6 languages
Package
policy_templates_v2.5.zip
File set SHA-256
a4395d10851b88d0987f481f9f61dbf0e9d409686adbb7695d3814e8eb6c9a9f
Snapshot
cf65bef9b0ec5de9ef869b7f8af17aec95f62ccbce27db5ecafdfbbc3e3c8c8e
2 coverage notes
  • Unresolved dependency 'Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:SUPPORTED_FF63ESR' referenced by 'firefox.admx'.
  • Unresolved dependency 'Mozilla.Policies.Firefox:SUPPORTED_FF69' referenced by 'firefox.admx'.

Changed template files

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de-DE/firefox.admlChanged1599a8af8ac2a444fa6d477908c4bb50c53a80df51c9ba08c35b3ca55ba9d3e85b1027b93391157d11cea90878caa2763594fe8db7c72778d9b69c69822e044e
en-US/firefox.admlChanged54728b41f5621ac253e6d0056edead1acf174595a3a5430a4aadfa9d78a771a4bd56240d33dca10a032c8055fdfb29e78795577e03592d17e84f4e0232b56bb9
es-ES/firefox.admlChanged1e1973db670739d68ee3ceb01c36a881be97623e9403d25efbb68dcfa763cf5865c8d575109fa1ecd3628ac0397f897da38a6eda94b5abfa9d919d32c62ebd5e
firefox.admxChanged911d16ac849770258b89767c179c22fd44c846e120cdee2b044fa59d0783630dfdaefd1adad0e6dba6675ee81df410759c3ebef30b96e29b25258083681d0049
fr-FR/firefox.admlChanged3c177319081daa3cd01097595261bb376445d3a5025eaefcd9ee25f46bc9d8f5f8425ba545a1eca6bfb958bf939023b70e3566a387da74ca040b7efc4b9c9333
it-IT/firefox.admlChanged7d55bac33e2b512c0f60f2ff0ff42ab870d7b1da0afa663c5bf1f55e21973abe0f96b0061ff28629ba3f8581990d75a27b16f540bbf6263d777b955e94b23d08
zh-TW/firefox.admlChanged7831fbcc4c922494ff4d2faef88bc4a921e8f94f1ca546a9d1bc3e57db27341802ae01e537f6730cfc66c257d18c2e038d62e4f52542dd5dfabb42239e38d478
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