Re: Browser security under Linux

On 22 Jul 2007 15:33:55 GMT, Fake ID wrote:


Once the browser is running, how do you quash requests to URLs not in
the approved domain(s)?

I use privoxy to kill spyware/ad/cracker sites to make browsing go faster.
http://www.privoxy.org/
No idea if it is in a butu package repository.
It is for Mandriva contrib repository.

I don't know of any built-in feature to do this. It might take writing
a plugin or running a per-account proxy.

Snippet from privoxy FAQ

3.25. Can I have separate configurations for different users?

Each instance of Privoxy has its own configuration, including such
attributes as the TCP port that it listens on. What you can do is run
multiple instances of Privoxy, each with a unique [231]listen-address
configuration setting, and configuration path, and then each of these
can have their own configurations. Think of it as per-port
configuration.

Simple enough for a few users, but for large installations, consider
having groups of users that might share like configurations.
.

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