[Mozilla Enterprise] New 68 feature: BITS update downloading

[Jim Mathies]

Hello Enterprise folks,

I just wanted to make you aware of a new feature coming out (likely in 68
ESR) related to our update system. Currently Firefox updates by downloading
update files internally while Firefox is running. We've added support for
downloading via the Windows BITS service in 68. Based on initial testing we
see very few issues with BITS - few systems have it disabled, and very few
encounter errors, so we're optimistic about shipping this feature.

I'd be interested in any feedback customers might have on two areas -

1) Enterprise customers might have unique configurations that could impact
BITS use. If you have any concerns please let me know.

2) Our current implementation loads BITS under user account privileges, but
this will change in time in a future rollout. We're concerned generally
about about proxy interactions with BITS, both when in use as the user or
under a local service account.

Feel free to ask any other questions you might have!

Regards,
Jim Mathies
Platform Security manager
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