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about:config settings to harden the Firefox browser. Privacy and performance enhancements.
To change these settings type 'about:config' in the url bar. Then search the setting you would like to change and modify the value. Some settings may break certain websites from functioning and rendering normally. Some settings may also make firefox unstable.

I am not liable for any damages/loss of data.

Not all these changes are necessary and will be dependent upon your usage and hardware. Do some research on settings if you don't understand what they do. These settings are best combined with your standard privacy extensions (HTTPS Everywhere, NoScript/Request Policy, uBlock origin, agent spoofing, Privacy Badger etc), and all plugins set to "Ask To Activate".

With heightening concern regarding the state of internet privacy (fuelled in part by the passing of the Investigatory Powers Act in the UK), I have set up a VPN server on the virtual server I have hosted with Mythic Beasts. This uses strongSwan and certificate-based IKEv2 authentication.

Assumptions:

Debian Jessie server already set up and accessible via debian.example.com, a public IPv4 of 203.0.113.1 and a public IPv6 of 2001:db8::1
Client username of me
Clients are running the latest versions of macOS and iOS (Sierra and 10 respectively at the time of writing)
No need to support any other operating systems (although the setup is easily translated)

For automated deployment of a similar setup, albeit Ubuntu-based and using ansible for deployment, I recommend you take a look at Algo VPN. I used that project as a basis for my configuration.

Firefox bullshit removal

Due to the incessant swarm of complete and utter nonsense that has been forcing its way into Firefox over time, I've decided to start collecting my personal list of “must-have” about:config tweaks required to turn Firefox into a functional brower.

NOTE: Unfortunately this is somewhat out of date. The comments link to some resources that may be more up-to-date. Patches welcome.

WebSockets

These can be used for nefarious purposes and to bypass access restrictions.

Functional, Reactive, and Distributed Systems Bibliography

Books

CQRS Journey: Free ebook from Microsoft (Print book available for purchase)
Functional and Reactive Domain Modeling: A high level overview of how to build up domain models using free monads and interpreters.
Reactive Microservices Architecture: Free booklet from Lagom and O'Reilly
Reactive Messaging Patterns with the Actor Model: Applications and Integration in Scala and Akka
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

The Problem

Defining records in Haskell causes accessor functions for the record's fields to be defined. There is no seperate namespace for these accessor functions.

The Goal

Be able to

use records in Haskell, which share field names.
use lenses for accessing these fields

	#!/bin/bash

	# Raspberry Pi ZRAM script
	# Tuned for quad core, 1 GB RAM models
	# put me in /etc/init.d/zram.sh and make me executable
	# then run "sudo update-rc.d zram.sh defaults"

	modprobe zram
	echo 3 >/sys/devices/virtual/block/zram0/max_comp_streams
	echo lz4 >/sys/devices/virtual/block/zram0/comp_algorithm

	# Install QEMU OSX port with ARM support
	sudo port install qemu +target_arm
	export QEMU=$(which qemu-system-arm)

	# Dowload kernel and export location
	curl -OL \
	https://github.com/dhruvvyas90/qemu-rpi-kernel/blob/master/kernel-qemu-4.1.7-jessie
	export RPI_KERNEL=./kernel-qemu-4.1.7-jessie

	# Download filesystem and export location

	import shapeless._
	import shapeless.labelled._
	import shapeless.ops.record.Merger
	import shapeless.syntax.SingletonOps

	import scala.annotation.implicitNotFound
	import scala.collection.generic.CanBuildFrom
	import scala.language.experimental.macros
	import scala.language.higherKinds

	use std::rc::Rc;

	trait HKT<U> {
	type C; // Current type
	type T; // Type with C swapped with U
	}

	macro_rules! derive_hkt {
	($t:ident) => {
	impl<T, U> HKT<U> for $t<T> {

	:set prompt "> "
	:set -isrc
	:load Main