On Sunday 18 Nov 2012 14:52:48 Dennis Nezic wrote: > On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:16:21 +0100, Jep wrote: > > In my opinion, it is good for security to use a browser other than > > the system default for Freenet keys, a browser without any plugins > > and incapable of Flash, activeX sh** and whathaveyou. > > > > Can there be a way implemented to have everything Freenetwise use > > that secondary browser? > > The fproxy could intially provide initial html code to test for the > presence of javascript / flash / java, etc, but it would only be a > bandaid solution to this broad problem. Ideally, you also don't want > the browser to be able to do dns resolution, or access anything outside > of tcp:127.0.0.1:8888. Some (weird) people might also insist on > enabling javashit, so it would probably end up requiring a zillion new > preference settings to appease each person's individual security > requirements. People working inside virtual machines that already > provide proper network-level security will also probably not want any > of this clutter.
Debatable point. If you can request and insert you can bust the target's anonymity. > > I think a separate list/project should be started to handle freenet > environments (special freenet distros, freenet VMs, freenet hardware > appliances, etc)... separate from the freenet program itself. On Sunday 18 Nov 2012 15:26:13 Jep wrote: > All I'd like for xmas is some way to set a FN browser to which FN keys > are fed instead of to the default browser. Leaving any user prefs to the > choice and settings of that browser. > > Doesn't appear to be a technical challenge to me but I'm not one to > know, so sorry if I'm presumptuous. We tried to do this with a browser profile for a while. Unfortunately it caused severe problems, including permanently breaking people's Firefox'es. We should allow configuring the browser we launch. But it *is* easy enough to implement it yourself - just install another browser, and use that to access Freenet (go to http://127.0.0.1:8888/ ). More sophisticated solutions have been suggested e.g. we could bundle a copy of Portable Firefox, or even implement our own UI including browser via e.g. XULRunner...
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