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Re: [LUG] Secure web browsing with live distro

 

Tom Potts wrote:
> 
> All the above is valid - however it is also valid for any non simple display 
> type activity in a browser - Java applets, ActiveX even PDF and Flash viewers 
> have the potential to mess with your LAN (or the WAN) as they are compiled 
> they can do it a lot faster - and you don't get to read the code to find out 
> whats happening!

The Java security model (for Applets) specifically prevents this, as
Java can only originate connections back to the host the applet is
served from. It doesn't stop Java telling the browser to do silly things.


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