Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 11:24:02 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Open_Source Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906031120260.50636@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20090603091800.GA1177@phenom.cordula.ws> References: <4d3f56c90906020812t40c5fcbv178bcd7f702356f@mail.gmail.com> <4ad871310906020843n3e7dc96ap28d5d622e844abf1@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906021757290.2065@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090603004914.73f40a60@gluon.draftnet> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906030848330.49751@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090603091800.GA1177@phenom.cordula.ws>
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>> Unfortunately there are no well done WWW browsers for unix in the world. >> links -g is an exceptions, but in the same time it's quite limited. >> But have best fonts :) > > You're right: browser code is overly complex, and a nightmare to audit > properly for security purposes. links is not complex, and REALLY well done, unfortunately now nobody (or close to) works on it. If they would just implement CSS - it's enough! > That's why when working in a sensitive environment, I browse the web > primarily with elinks (with JavaScript disabled, of course), and right. but javascript in links is rather safe. Anyway - you may simply NOT LIKE someone else unknown programs to be run on your computer except when you want to. > secondarily and only when absolutely necessary with the usual > firefox+noscript+abp... both browsers running in a virtual box (qemu, > virtualbox) dedicated to this purpose and this purpose only. Exaggeration IMHO. just make sure your normal user has 700 permissions, create another and run browser from it. > Of course, I'm taking more precautions, as running in a box may still > not be 100% secure, if someone creative enough found a way to break > out of the guest OS into the host OS; but everything else is just Nobody would write specially prepared webpage exactly for You to break ;) It's a matter of protecting yourself from "big brothers" that watch others.
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