[tor-talk] Security issue. Firefox in Tor Browser Bundle allows access to LAN resources. To fix: ABE of NoScript must be turn on by default

Georg Koppen georg at getfoxyproxy.org
Wed Jan 22 09:55:03 UTC 2014


> don't exclude it at all. For example it can be a very hidden malware
> that not detected by antivirus and it will be enable to invisibly
> communicate with it's "second part" when you visit some web-sites
> because it doesn't need in allowing rules in system firewall.

Yes, but see what the design specification says regarding the attacker
capabilities:

https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#attacks
(especially section 4).

Thus, I doubt that the TorBrowser is the proper platform to defend
against an attacker you have in mind.

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