From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 3 09:24:20 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF956106567A for ; Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:24:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [IPv6:2001:4070:101:2::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCB438FC2F for ; Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:24:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n539O23O050647; Wed, 3 Jun 2009 11:24:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id n539O2ss050644; Wed, 3 Jun 2009 11:24:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 11:24:02 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar To: cpghost In-Reply-To: <20090603091800.GA1177@phenom.cordula.ws> Message-ID: References: <4d3f56c90906020812t40c5fcbv178bcd7f702356f@mail.gmail.com> <4ad871310906020843n3e7dc96ap28d5d622e844abf1@mail.gmail.com> <20090603004914.73f40a60@gluon.draftnet> <20090603091800.GA1177@phenom.cordula.ws> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Open_Source X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:24:21 -0000 >> 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.