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Re: [Full-disclosure] 4 Questions: Latest IE vulnerability, Firefox vs IE security, User vs Admin risk profile, and browsers coded in 100% Managed Verifiable code
From: "Brian Eaton" <eaton.lists () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:14:23 -0500
On 3/25/06, Dinis Cruz <dinis () ddplus net> wrote:
4) Finally, isn't the solution for the creation of secure and trustworthy Internet Browsing environments the development of browsers written in 100% managed and verifiable code, which execute on a secure and very restricted Partially Trusted Environments? (under .Net, Mono or Java). This way, the risk of buffer overflows will be very limited, and when logic or authorization vulnerabilities are discovered in this 'Partially Trusted IE' the 'Secure Partially Trusted environment' will limit what the malicious code (i.e. the exploit) can do.
I am less than enthusiastic about most of the desktop java applications I use. They are, for the most part, sluggish, memory gobbling beasts, prone to disintegration if I look at them cross-eyed or click the mouse too frequently. Usability problems with java applications are not necessarily due to managed code, of course, but the idea of creating a full-featured browser, from scratch, with usability as good as IE and Firefox strikes me as a fairly tricky project. What about using the facilities already provided by the OS to enforce the sandbox? Rather than scrapping the existing codebases, start running them with restricted rights. Use mandatory access control systems to make sure the browser doesn't overstep its bounds. Regards, Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This List Sponsored by: SpiDynamics ALERT: "How A Hacker Launches A Web Application Attack!" Step-by-Step - SPI Dynamics White Paper Learn how to defend against Web Application Attacks with real-world examples of recent hacking methods such as: SQL Injection, Cross Site Scripting and Parameter Manipulation https://download.spidynamics.com/1/ad/web.asp?Campaign_ID=701300000003gRl --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- 4 Questions: Latest IE vulnerability, Firefox vs IE security, User vs Admin risk profile, and browsers coded in 100% Managed Verifiable code Dinis Cruz (Mar 25)
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- Re: [Owasp-dotnet] RE: 4 Questions: Latest IE vulnerability, Firefox vs IE security, User vs Admin risk profile, and browsers coded in 100% Managed Verifiable code Dinis Cruz (Mar 27)
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- Re: [Owasp-dotnet] RE: 4 Questions: Latest IE vulnerability, Firefox vs IE security, User vs Admin risk profile, and browsers coded in 100% Managed Verifiable code Dinis Cruz (Mar 27)
- RE: 4 Questions: Latest IE vulnerability, Firefox vs IE security, User vs Admin risk profile, and browsers coded in 100% Managed Verifiable code Jeff Williams (Mar 25)
- Re: [Full-disclosure] 4 Questions: Latest IE vulnerability, Firefox vs IE security, User vs Admin risk profile, and browsers coded in 100% Managed Verifiable code Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 25)
- Re: [Full-disclosure] 4 Questions: Latest IE vulnerability, Firefox vs IE security, User vs Admin risk profile, and browsers coded in 100% Managed Verifiable code Brian Eaton (Mar 25)
- Re: [Full-disclosure] 4 Questions: Latest IE vulnerability, Firefox vs IE security, User vs Admin risk profile, and browsers coded in 100% Managed Verifiable code Pilon Mntry (Mar 27)
- Re: [Full-disclosure] 4 Questions: Latest IE vulnerability, Firefox vs IE security, User vs Admin risk profile, and browsers coded in 100% Managed Verifiable code Brian Eaton (Mar 27)
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- Re: [Full-disclosure] 4 Questions: Latest IE vulnerability, Firefox vs IE security, User vs Admin risk profile, and browsers coded in 100% Managed Verifiable code Brian Eaton (Mar 27)
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- Re: [Full-disclosure] 4 Questions: Latest IE vulnerability, Firefox vs IE security, User vs Admin risk profile, and browsers coded in 100% Managed Verifiable code Pavel Kankovsky (Mar 28)
- Re: [Full-disclosure] 4 Questions: Latest IE vulnerability,Firefox vs IE security, User vs Admin risk profile,and browsers coded in 100% Managed Verifiable code Brian Eaton (Mar 29)
- Re: [Full-disclosure] 4 Questions: Latest IE vulnerability, Firefox vs IE security, User vs Admin risk profile, and browsers coded in 100% Managed Verifiable code Brian Eaton (Mar 29)
- Re: [Full-disclosure] 4 Questions: Latest IE vulnerability, Firefox vs IE security, User vs Admin risk profile, and browsers coded in 100% Managed Verifiable code Pilon Mntry (Mar 27)