On 7/6/26 19:28, Tim wrote:
> On Sun, 2026-06-07 at 10:10 +1000, [email protected] wrote:
>> I have a local HTML file with a list of links. When I open this page
>> in Firefox I see many log messages like this:
>> 2026-06-07T09:46:58+10:00 named[1225250]: timed out resolving 'www.google.com/HTTPS/IN': 8.8.8.8#53
>> These seem to show up for any link that I pass the mouse over, even briefly.
>>
>> Firefox is running in safe-mode (as a test) so no add-ons are involved.
>>
>> My private named config nominates 8.8.8.8 as the forwarder.
>>
>> I want to stop Firefox from doing this. Just do nothing when the mouse moves across my page.
>>
>> How do I stop Firefox making these requests? Not just stopping the timeout.
>
> I can imagine a few scenarios...
>
> You may have Firefox's Artificial Idiot features enabled, and it may be
> trying to preview such links. I disabled all the AI stuff. I don't
> know how much "safe mode" really disables.
All AI disabled here. Naturally.
> That's an unusual named log entry (it's not just a domain name), though
> if you had DNS over HTTPS enabled, I wouldn't expect a local resolver
> to get any kind of query.
>
> Even without plug-ins, Firefox has some content-checking features built
> into it.
I use a proxy (privoxy) that block any Firefox/Mozilla connections when I notice them.
> I'd recommend going through its settings (the normal ones, for a
> start). Then maybe some of the hidden from normal sight things in
> about:config (search for prefetch in them, maybe search for preview,
> too, perhaps disable some of them)
Done so. I still see some "timed out resolving" errors, and I assume that more look-ups were done without error.
Maybe time, again, to tcpdump the modem interface and carefully check any unexpected access. Not much fun.
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