Re: Konqueror & SOCKS with Tor+Privoxy

[dr._no@xxxxxxx]

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

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> Von: or-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Gesendet: 20.01.08 09:07:32
> An: or-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Betreff: Re: Konqueror & SOCKS with Tor+Privoxy


> 
> --- Ringo Kamens <2600denver@xxxxxxxxx> 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
> 
> 
> 
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