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Run Firefox in a protected sandbox
More info about sandboxes, from the manual page:
The sandbox facility allows applications to voluntarily restrict their access to operating system resources. This safety mechanism is intended to limit potential damage in the event that a vulnerability is exploited. It is not a replacement for other operating system access controls.Sandboxing Firefox or any other application that fetches data from untrusted sources will prevent an exploit in FF or in any of its plugins to read or write data outside of the sandbox. That's a layer of protection we should all have, given well-publicized issues with plugins recently. It would be ideal for developers to "self-sandbox" their internet-enabled apps, as they know exactly which resources the app needs to touch. Perhaps some do?
Run Firefox in a protected sandbox
Dang, not well-publicized enough for me. I don't know about security issues with Firefox plugins. |
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