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Blocklist-Update.sh

Blocklist-Update.sh is a script that I wrote to manage blocklists from bluetack etc to be used in conjunction with Transmission torrent downloader in Linux/MacOS. The script can be taylored to work with Qbittorrent as well, but the placement of the blocklists means you'd have to redirect the blocklist to go somewhere locally manageable as Transmission uses its own blocklist directory in .config. I believe there are about 10 lists there now. It works well for my needs. It can be ran weekly using crontab in standard user profile.  To download:  blocklist-update.sh To download the others:  Github
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PALE MOON 28.6.1 RELEASED: HERE’S WHAT’S NEW

Pale Moon, a browser forked from older Firefox code, has released a security fix release for their recent 28 series browser version. This update fixes multiple issues with security and bypassing blocking of ftp authentications if necessary. The release also fixes a multitude of DiD(Defense In Depth) vulnerabilities or those vulnerabilities which are not currently being exploited or are not active in Pale Moon at the moment. Note that DiD does not mean that such vulnerabilities are not still active in other Mozilla forks. Pale Moon also updates NSS to the latest. Pale Moon is a fork of earlier versions of Firefox. As such, it is not to be mistaken as a Firefox clone or an insecure Firefox. Pale Moon’s engine Goanna, and the UXP-based browser are both forked from Gecko and Firefox 4 consecutively. The browser is meant to give users the customization and feel of earlier releases of Firefox without any insecurities that would result in modern use of such a version of software. Pale Moon removes telemetry and other unused code from their base and the lead developer often writes his own code to patch the software, in this regard, Pale Moon is no longer in line with Mozilla or their current policies or standards. Pale Moon is a step in a different direction. Pale Moon is offered from the website of the same name and is open source and free software. This software is given as is and is free of malware(spyware, viruses, etc.). Users of Pale Moon need only to say get new version in the prompt that appears, or go into the help menu and update Pale Moon from there. There is no longer a need to reinstall. Pale Moon runs on both Windows and Linux with other platforms in development. 

Get it Here: www.palemoon.org

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