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I'd really like you to expand in the forced to use Chrome at work. How does that work? I'm also at corporate and they are really integrated with Edge. But it d

by m_0x 4y ago

I'd really like you to expand in the forced to use Chrome at work. How does that work? I'm also at corporate and they are really integrated with Edge. But it doesn't mean I can't do my work in Firefox (Which I currently use) What do you mean by forced? What happens if you don't log in? What happens if you try to log in in firefox? Edit: Ah I missed this from your original comment: > Chrome is mandated at many companies because of its GSuite integration/ Context Aware Access. You might be right, I'm too lazy to try this in Firefox.

insanitybit 4y ago
One of two scenarios. 1. The Endpoint Verification extension is used to ensure that the browser/ system is compliant before connecting to certain services such as any SSO. 2. Internal tools were tested with Chrome and to ensure that users were using an up to date tool they were gated on the user agent. Chrome offers a host of endpoint management integrations that make it a far better choice for Enterprise than Mozilla. Mozilla could very easily build a management portal for Firefox or, even better, build an integration with various SSO providers. Whereas Chrome really only integrates with GSuite Firefox could support Okta, O365, GSuite, and more, making it the de-facto corporate browser. This isn't even complicated, this is one of many ideas I have that are easily within their ability, are taken straight from the Chrome playbook, leverages their singular asset, and their major competitive advantage (that they are "open"). Mozilla's CEO has to be fired. The incompetence and mismanagement is obscene.
echelon 4y ago
BeyondCorp only working on Chrome. Every single tool and vendor integrated with BeyondCorp. Access to internal systems (including SSH) checked against BeyondCorp. Using Firefox for anything was literally painful.
eganist 4y ago
> What do you mean by forced? What happens if you don't log in? What happens if you try to log in in firefox? Companies with application allow-lists simply don't allow non-Chrome browsers for use on their endpoints. That's the easiest way. Companies without allow-lists may still block Firefox in other ways, though none quite as effective as above. Still, the block is usually on the endpoint, occasionally the proxy.

by m_0x 4y ago

insanitybit 4y ago

One of two scenarios. 1. The Endpoint Verification extension is used to ensure that the browser/ system is compliant before connecting to certain services such as any SSO. 2. Internal tools were tested with Chrome and to ensure that users were using an up to date tool they were gated on the user agent. Chrome offers a host of endpoint management integrations that make it a far better choice for Enterprise than Mozilla. Mozilla could very easily build a management portal for Firefox or, even better, build an integration with various SSO providers. Whereas Chrome really only integrates with GSuite Firefox could support Okta, O365, GSuite, and more, making it the de-facto corporate browser. This isn't even complicated, this is one of many ideas I have that are easily within their ability, are taken straight from the Chrome playbook, leverages their singular asset, and their major competitive advantage (that they are "open"). Mozilla's CEO has to be fired. The incompetence and mismanagement is obscene.

echelon 4y ago

BeyondCorp only working on Chrome. Every single tool and vendor integrated with BeyondCorp. Access to internal systems (including SSH) checked against BeyondCorp. Using Firefox for anything was literally painful.

eganist 4y ago

> What do you mean by forced? What happens if you don't log in? What happens if you try to log in in firefox? Companies with application allow-lists simply don't allow non-Chrome browsers for use on their endpoints. That's the easiest way. Companies without allow-lists may still block Firefox in other ways, though none quite as effective as above. Still, the block is usually on the endpoint, occasionally the proxy.