October 2022
Intermediate to advanced
500 pages
19h 57m
English
book
Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications, 3rd Edition
by Ric Messier, Michael Jang
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Web Browsers
Web browsers are one area where choice may make life more difficult for security professionals. Half a dozen different browsers are available just from regular Ubuntu repositories, easily accessible to users with direct online access. Therefore, it may be in your interest to limit what users can download and install. One method based on custom repositories is described later in this chapter.
A number of browsers will run under Linux. Mozilla Firefox is one open-source browser commonly found on Linux distributions, though you can also run it on Windows and macOS.
The Mozilla Foundation is the open-source organization behind the Firefox web browser and other open-source tools such as the Thunderbird email manager and the SeaMonkey ...