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Re: sandboxie like application for Debian?



On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 03:43:21 -0800, erikmccaskey64 wrote:

> http://www.filehippo.com/download_sandboxie/
> 
> 
> It's a great application [ for windows... :\ ]
> 
> 
> Are there any programs under Debian, that has the ~same features?

Under Windows that app makes more much sense than under linux, mostly for 
security.
 
> To be specific: The user could launch a program [e.g.: Google Chrome]
> inside this sandbox, and when he/she exits Google Chrome, all the
> changes that Google Chrome did is "undoed". + Google Chrome is in a
> sandbox, so it can't "see"/read the files of the user!

Maybe a chroot environment but I find it more convenient to have a 
testing box for that purpose or just a virtual machine.

Besides, most browsers have now an "incognito mode" feature, not sure if 
that will help for the case, at least for the "privacy" side :-?

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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