Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 10:44:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: David Uhring <duhring@charter.net> Cc: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de>, Mark Lovretovich <mark@cnmnetwork.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netscape/Linux on FreeBSD an other horrors ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009121042090.18589-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <00091119231200.01827@dave>
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, David Uhring wrote: > So turn off Java-scripting, visit http://www.netscape.com/ and they will point > you to their download site. Select Netscape for FreeBSD and download it. > Before installing, check in /usr/local/netscape for the name of the binary. > I'm running Linux right now and do not remember exactly, but I think you have > to rename 'netscape' to 'communicator-something' to make the wrappers work. > Install the XFree86 a.out libs if you have not done so already. Keep > java-scripting turned off and your Netscape installation will be stable. > Allowing strangers to execute arbitrary java-script code on your machine is, > IMHO, not very security-conscious, anyway. Javascript isn't the big problem - Java is. There seem to be serious threading problems with the JVM which will wedge up the process if you breathe too heavily when an applet is loading. However I usually run with JS disabled too for security reasons, because I dont trust there not to be other undiscovered flaws in the JS implementation. Netscape also doesnt play well with a full home directory partition and will frequently crash in that situation. Kris -- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe <forsythe@alum.mit.edu> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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