First, download and install the Firefox Addon SDK as described
here.
Second, open a terminal and clone the Firefox addon repo (this one), afterwards
change directory to <path/to/addon-clone>/source.
Third, run <path/to/sdk>/bin/cfx xpi within the source directory, this
will create the rpki-validator.xpi. Next steps see install.
Open Firefox and goto the main menu. Open the Add-ons control panel, or open a
tab with URL about:addons. Click on the tools button an select install
addon from file for manual addon installation, browse to and open
rpki-validator.xpi, click install now. Done!
The following parameters can be configured within the addon, default values are
set in preference section of package.json:
- validation server URL: URL of the validation server offering a RESTful API verify origin AS of an IP prefix
- cache server host: hostname of a RPKI cache server
- cache server port: port number of the RPKI cache service
- cache time to live: live time (TTL) of cached validation entries
If you use a customized addon, disable auto updates for this addon.