From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 3 09:28:52 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 C8ACD1065673 for ; Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:28:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f213.google.com (mail-bw0-f213.google.com [209.85.218.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C4CD8FC26 for ; Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:28:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: by bwz9 with SMTP id 9so8733289bwz.43 for ; Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:28:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=WGiFOSf63GPcVw91zn5wZym79KWR2OvP3THCYpFiUi8=; b=a9il7nzf2EMPCavjDufRZ8zySRL4omPRchewj+/5EUNGblrvUF/o1AcDKPkBIDugGK ILidri2FY0fwWvK2KYSDkQ5tbhw5n0jjySw9LYxUytS7+Samyz+hotcG2QVFCZ01RLJv AvHTitaMyfPmSnUKOwThMcPQbvVaTR9cbXr/c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ONwT5UvK0gRs7PhRAw/j+b6EWHbk1nu+HAyveiKsAOWNioF85yNZDaXonbtyryjEVj FB5enmTVoItucLzOJqgIZPErgMJR9vYX+lta3w3DX/MZ7LgCBIAhabM01Ug1g8KyS6UV DSxg8S/NpFBHOisjuCyt7CK4lZDwqN2y9qr2o= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.50.212 with SMTP id a20mr709614bkg.35.1244021331167; Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:28:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4d3f56c90906020812t40c5fcbv178bcd7f702356f@mail.gmail.com> <4ad871310906020843n3e7dc96ap28d5d622e844abf1@mail.gmail.com> <20090603004914.73f40a60@gluon.draftnet> <20090603091800.GA1177@phenom.cordula.ws> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:28:51 +0000 Message-ID: <3a142e750906030228i6b0409d4s7772b3c1bec7172f@mail.gmail.com> From: "Paul B. Mahol" To: Wojciech Puchar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: cpghost , 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 09:28:53 -0000 On 6/3/09, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >>> 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! elinks have simplistic CSS support. >> 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. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Paul