Konqueror & SOCKS with Tor+Privoxy

[Ringo Kamens]

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, <dr._no at cool.ms> 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 at freehaven.net
> > Gesendet: 20.01.08 09:07:32
> > An: or-talk at freehaven.net
> > Betreff: Re: Konqueror & SOCKS with Tor+Privoxy
>
>
> >
> > --- Ringo Kamens <2600denver at gmail.com> 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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