How to Disable FIPS on Firefox
The Federal Information Processing Standards, or FIPS, governs the use of cryptography and insures hardware and software conforms to United States encryption standards. Mozilla Firefox offers the option of enabling FIPS encryption for passwords stored in your browser. Although enabling FIPS is easy, you might experience considerable difficulty removing it, since the "Disable FIPS" button is likely grayed out. To remedy this situation, you must fully shut down your browser and restart it to restore the "Disable FIPS" function.
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Instructions
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Right-click the Windows Taskbar and click "Start Task Manager."
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Click the "Processes" tab, click "firefox.exe" in the list of processes and click "End Process." Click "End Process" again in the confirmation window to fully shut down Firefox.
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Open Mozilla Firefox again.
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Press "Alt" to expose the Menu Bar, press "Tools" and select "Options."
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Click the "Advanced" tab and the "Encryption" tab.
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Click the "Security Devices" in the "Certificates" section to open the "Device Manager" window.
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Click "NSS Internal FIPS PKCS #11 Module" and click the "Disable FIPS" button. FIPS should now be disabled. Click "OK" to close "Device Manager."
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Click the "Security" tab of the "Options" window. Uncheck "Use a master password" in the "Passwords" section, enter the current password and click "Remove."
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Click "OK" in the "Password Change Succeeded" dialog window. This removes the master password, but is unnecessary to disable FIPS. This step is optional if you don't want to use a master password, which was a requirement before enabling FIPS.
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