Re: Feature request- secondary internet browser

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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