Sorry, I didn't mean for it to sound like I was saying Konqueror was insecure. I think it's an excellent browser for tor, it just requires more advanced knowledge than others.<br>Comrade Ringo Kamens<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Jan 20, 2008 7:43 AM, <<a href="mailto:dr._no@cool.ms">dr._no@cool.ms</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br><br>for anonymity konqueror is one of the best browsers, because<br>you can turn off the browser and os identification, as you can see<br>on<br><br><a href="http://proxydetect.com/" target="_blank">http://proxydetect.com/
</a><br><br>And you can switch off the referrer by adding the following text to your<br>~/.kde/share/config/kio_httprc to disable the sending of the HTTP<br>referrer when following links. Note that this might break some web
<br>pages.<br><br>[General]<br>SendReferrer=false<br><br>Greets<br><br>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----<br>> Von: <a href="mailto:or-talk@freehaven.net">or-talk@freehaven.net</a><br>> Gesendet: 20.01.08 09:07:32
<br>> An: <a href="mailto:or-talk@freehaven.net">or-talk@freehaven.net</a><br>> Betreff: Re: Konqueror & SOCKS with Tor+Privoxy<br><div class="Ih2E3d"><br><br>><br>> --- Ringo Kamens <<a href="mailto:2600denver@gmail.com">
2600denver@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > Using konqueror with tor can be dangerous. Since<br>> > it's not just a browser (also a desktop system), it<br>> > handles lots of different types of files such as
<br>> > videos etc.<br>><br></div>> This does not sound like a very fair assessment of<br>> konqueror, in fact I would almost qualify this as FUD.<br>> It sounds more like you don't really know if<br>
> konqueror is secure or not and are simply assuming the<br>> worst about it. (If you do know, please forgive me, I<br>> am just pointing out that it sounds like you are<br>> guessing.)<br>><br>> Video files a konqueror specific thing? Come on, most
<br>> people are running firefox and windows. These<br>> inherently support video/flash/java/javascript much<br>> better than most free linux distributions (which is<br>> probably what konqueror is running on.) So with that
<br>> logic a konqueror installation which does not have<br>> proprietary video support is going to be less<br>> susceptible to the types of vulnerabilities that you<br>> are suggesting. However, I agree that konqueror is
<br>> more extensible in some sense than most other<br>> browsers, and this should seriously be considered when<br>> making an evaluation.<br>><br>> I will not make a specific judgment that konqueror is<br>
> better or worse than firefox, but I certainly would<br>> not rule it out so quickly. The default install of<br>> konqueror is much more tweakable than firefox at<br>> turning certain things off such as java, javascript,
<br>> browser-id strings, adds, plugins, various file/MIME<br>> type support... Many of those things are in fact off<br>> by default until turned on! The only thing that I am<br>> aware of that konqueror cannot easily turn off for tor
<br>> usage is the HTTP_REFFERER string.<br>><br>> But, I will be happy to hear about any specific known<br>> problems of using konqueror with tor. If you know of<br>> any, please let us know! I use konqueror with tor,
<br>> but I do not have any actual need for anonymity, I<br>> just think that it is fun. :)<br>><br>> -Martin<br>><br>><br>><br>> ____________________________________________________________________________________
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