Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:28:51 +0000 From: "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Open_Source Message-ID: <3a142e750906030228i6b0409d4s7772b3c1bec7172f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906031120260.50636@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> 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> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906031120260.50636@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On 6/3/09, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> 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
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