Re: Turning off extra Fedora-related traffic on Firefox?

Don Marti <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 08:45:13 -0700
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On 7/30/26 07:46, Don Marti wrote:

> I have |browser.newtabpage.enabled |and browser.newtab.preload both 
> set to false.  Several Fedora-related DNS lookups still happening. 
> (Parentheses in that script output mean the lookup returned a CNAME.)
>
Update: I think I got it. Apparently the DNS lookups for the pinned 
entries on the new tab page were happening even though I had 
browser.newtabpage.enabled and browser.newtab.preload both set to false.

The missing preference was:

         user_pref("browser.newtabpage.pinned", "[]");

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    <p>On 7/30/26 07:46, Don Marti wrote:</p>
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      <p>I have <code class="code-inner"><span class="nt">browser.newtabpage.enabled </span></code>and
        browser.newtab.preload both set to false.  Several
        Fedora-related DNS lookups still happening. (Parentheses in that
        script output mean the lookup returned a CNAME.)</p>
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    <p>Update: I think I got it. Apparently the DNS lookups for the
      pinned entries on the new tab page were happening even though I
      had browser.newtabpage.enabled and browser.newtab.preload both set
      to false.</p>
    <p>The missing preference was:</p>
    <p>        user_pref("browser.newtabpage.pinned", "[]");<br>
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