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. Comrade Ringo Kamens
On Jan 20, 2008 7:43 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > for anonymity konqueror is one of the best browsers, because > you can turn off the browser and os identification, as you can see > on > > http://proxydetect.com/ > > And you can switch off the referrer by adding the following text to your > ~/.kde/share/config/kio_httprc to disable the sending of the HTTP > referrer when following links. Note that this might break some web > pages. > > [General] > SendReferrer=false > > Greets > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: or-talk@freehaven.net > > Gesendet: 20.01.08 09:07:32 > > An: or-talk@freehaven.net > > Betreff: Re: Konqueror & SOCKS with Tor+Privoxy > > > > > > --- Ringo Kamens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Using konqueror with tor can be dangerous. Since > > > it's not just a browser (also a desktop system), it > > > handles lots of different types of files such as > > > videos etc. > > > > This does not sound like a very fair assessment of > > konqueror, in fact I would almost qualify this as FUD. > > It sounds more like you don't really know if > > konqueror is secure or not and are simply assuming the > > worst about it. (If you do know, please forgive me, I > > am just pointing out that it sounds like you are > > guessing.) > > > > Video files a konqueror specific thing? Come on, most > > people are running firefox and windows. These > > inherently support video/flash/java/javascript much > > better than most free linux distributions (which is > > probably what konqueror is running on.) So with that > > logic a konqueror installation which does not have > > proprietary video support is going to be less > > susceptible to the types of vulnerabilities that you > > are suggesting. However, I agree that konqueror is > > more extensible in some sense than most other > > browsers, and this should seriously be considered when > > making an evaluation. > > > > I will not make a specific judgment that konqueror is > > better or worse than firefox, but I certainly would > > not rule it out so quickly. The default install of > > konqueror is much more tweakable than firefox at > > turning certain things off such as java, javascript, > > browser-id strings, adds, plugins, various file/MIME > > type support... Many of those things are in fact off > > by default until turned on! The only thing that I am > > aware of that konqueror cannot easily turn off for tor > > usage is the HTTP_REFFERER string. > > > > But, I will be happy to hear about any specific known > > problems of using konqueror with tor. If you know of > > any, please let us know! I use konqueror with tor, > > but I do not have any actual need for anonymity, I > > just think that it is fun. :) > > > > -Martin > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > >