On 2015-03-29 07:21, David Englund/Hedlund wrote:
From
http://www.pcworld.com/article/227838/free_browser_in_a_box_runs_firefox4_with_ultra_security.html
Security is an oft-debated topic in the ongoing browser wars
<http://www.pcworld.com/article/222948/firefox_4_nears_6_million_downloads_as_browser_wars_heat_up.html>,
but there's no denying that malware is a common problem for all of the
leading contenders.
A new solution launched this week by German Sirrix AG
<http://www.sirrix.de/>, however, uses Firefox 4
<http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/223079/why_firefox_4_is_winning_the_browser_battle.html>,
Linux and virtualization to create what it calls a "browser in a box"
that keeps all malware isolated and out of the user's main operating
system.
Originally created at the request of the German federal government,
BitBox
<http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.sirrix.de/content/pages/57064.htm&usg=ALkJrhhqiyXXi4jGbq0RUPMHqfi348qrog>
(short for "browser in the box") runs on Windows XP, Vista and Windows
7 as well as Debian Linux, Ubuntu
<http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/226530/ubuntu_1104_natty_narwhal_makes_splashy_debut.html>,
OpenSUSE and Gentoo, allowing users to surf the Web worry-free, Sirrix
says.
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http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
The name would obvious be IceBox for IceCat.
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http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
