Matthew Toseland :
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...
Sorry for digging up this subject again, feel this would add to FNs
security as it would protect the less savvy from doing bad.
Dedicate a browser specific for FN may indeed be a solution, surely
there are opensource apps suitable.
What I ask for may in fact be what Windows lacks but the old Mac OS did
have; both file and creator extensions allowing a .txt file to be
associated with different programs (and their icons).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creator_code
A txt file saved in for instance, Filemaker, would open in Filemaker too
on doubleclick.
Tried to find out if there is some tool that does this but I couldn't.
Yet is this perhaps a way to approach the problem?
In fact this would rather be a system hack than just a Freenet feature.
It would make it possible to link a specific, secure browser to FN.
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