I want to browse in Puppy 4.3.1 with the greatest privacy and security possible.
First I enabled Puppy's firewall.
Next, I installed Firefox 3.5 from here -- http://in.solit.us/archives/download/164908.
I configured Firefox to erase all cookies and other info upon exit. And I browse in Private Browsing Mode whenever possible.
Then I added the Better Privacy and Ad Block add-ons to Firefox.
Any other ideas for what I should be doing? Recommendations welcome! Thanks.
Best setup for Privacy and Security with Puppy browsing?
user wih restricted rights
Hi,
you could use an user with restricted right,
one is already setup: the "spot" user, read /root/spot/README.txt
to do so, you can launch your browser with:
or su spot -c firefox, depending on your preferred way to launch your browser (you could also modify /usr/local/bin/defaultbrowser, to input
"su spot -c " prefix on your preferred command).
you may have to copy few files from your root directory to the spot directory, for seamonkey, I have to do:
to keep settings of the default user.
... and of course, check that you get your pets from a trusted qualified source, with verified md5sum.
you could also have a look at DNS services (Google, Open DNS, ...).
regards,
you could use an user with restricted right,
one is already setup: the "spot" user, read /root/spot/README.txt
to do so, you can launch your browser with:
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su spot -c defaultbrowser
"su spot -c " prefix on your preferred command).
you may have to copy few files from your root directory to the spot directory, for seamonkey, I have to do:
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cp -r /root/.mozilla /root/spot
... and of course, check that you get your pets from a trusted qualified source, with verified md5sum.
you could also have a look at DNS services (Google, Open DNS, ...).
regards,
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For Firefox I am now using the browser plug-ins --
1. Ghostery -- blocks web bugs
2. Noscript -- gives you control over active content running
3. Ad-block -- blocks ads
4. BetterPrivacy -- gives you control over flash cookies (LSO, DOM, etc)
For Firefox I am now using the browser plug-ins --
1. Ghostery -- blocks web bugs
2. Noscript -- gives you control over active content running
3. Ad-block -- blocks ads
4. BetterPrivacy -- gives you control over flash cookies (LSO, DOM, etc)