- Krigou Schnider
- Aug 23, 2023
- 1 min read
Flagfox is an extension for Mozilla Firefox that displays a flag icon to indicate the country where the server of the site you're browsing is located. Knowing which server you're connected to adds an extra level of security, and can be useful for indicating local languages and regulations.
Clicking on the icon launches Geotool, which provides a map of the country, as well as information on the ISP, city and local time. The extension also provides, via the right mouse button on the flag, access to other services such as Whois and DNS information, site security through Virus Scan analysis, server status check, SSL server test, diagnostics such as pings and traceroutes, IP address copying, automatic translation into your language, etc.
Flagfox is simple, non-intrusive and uses relatively little memory. To protect your privacy, country searches are carried out locally, rather than calling up an external server about the pages you're browsing. The extension works by accessing a database of internal IP addresses. Basically, it's a sort of simplified map of the physical display on the Internet, with data provided by Maxmind.
Flagfox offers a flag for the nationality of the current location of the server you're connected to, rather than just the nationality of the domain name, which may be different.
Flagfox updates are offered every month or so to keep the internal database accurate.
