# firewall

> \[č\]Allows website requests filtering and header alteration --- icon from: Martz90 http://martz90.deviantart.com/art/Hex-Icons-Pack-389706981

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/firewall-2017](https://chrome-stats.com/d/firewall-2017)

## Overview

- **ID:** `firewall-2017`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jirka Justra
- **Category:** web-development,privacy-security,other
- **Daily users:** 34
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (5 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1.1resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-06-28
- **Size:** 101 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/firewall-2017/)
- **Website:** [https://gitlab.com/jjustra/firewall](https://gitlab.com/jjustra/firewall)

## Description

Firewall is a Firefox add-on that enables website request filtering and allows altering headers. It allows users to create rules to block or whitelist specific target URLs. Additionally, users can alter request and response headers for enhanced control over their browsing experience.

## Rankings

- #19,219 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/firewall-2017)