-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 If we wanted to go that far, we wouldn't need FProxy in the first place. FProxy is there because it makes the browser take care of all the messy GUI stuff. It kinda goes along with the idea of making a web browser a *platform*, not just a way of downloading information.
On Sunday 08 September 2002 15:37, Eric Thacker wrote: > Heres another idea.. What about a freenet browser? Why not just hack > up the mozilla code and release a browser that runs on every OS, works > with fproxy, and solves the IE/Media URL problems. This way there would > be a browser that definatly WORKS without the freenet developers having > to figure out a way around every little stupid security problem. > > On Sun, 2002-09-08 at 11:08, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > > eric at caffrey.net writes: > > > Its just windows media files that I know of. MPEG files are safe > > > unless its really a windows media file renamed to a .mpg extention. > > > > Well mpeg is a quite flexible format, you can stuff a lot in there. If > > winamp decided to interpret the content of a special chunk as an URL > > where it should go immediately, that's a new problem. Same with > > webbugs in MSOffice documents, and what have you. I'm not sure if we'd > > ever be able to catch up with the stream of web-integration features > > the application developers are throwing (up) at us. > > > > A different approach would be to offer a small script that set your > > http/ftp/etc. proxy to some invalid address, and only lets through > > requests to your fproxy host. Then it starts your browser, and after > > you've finished surfing freenet, it restores your previous settings. > > Is this doable under Windows? > > > > You won't be able to browse the net during this time, though. > > > > Maybe set the proxy to some service of fproxy instead, that allows > > checked jumps into the web? > > > > -- > > Robbe > > _______________________________________________ > devl mailing list > devl at freenetproject.org > http://hawk.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl - -- C Code. C Code Run. Run, Code, RUN! PLEASE!!!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAj18EO8ACgkQqpueKcacfLQdAwCeINmj1y6aUpEOSYgWQWSdzmU6 FgoAn1yB8j6CWXmrgCitCcVMMQ9BQ6zD =QH5f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ devl mailing list devl at freenetproject.org http://hawk.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
