BitBox browser

[Boris_3]

Hi all,

Have you heard of BitBox browser. It was developed by Sirrix for the German government.
www.sirrix.com/content/news/59997.htm
www.tomsguide.com › … › Software › News Browsers

Sirrix said it is the most secure browser for the moment.
In fact, it runs Firefox 4 in a linux virtual box.

Do you think it could be safer than Comodo Dragon runned in Sandboxie?

To be noted : the downloader is 990MB, the program 2GB and it needs 1GB RAM!!

Boris

[Citizen_K]

That’s a bloody heavy program.

[Jacob]

Comes with: VirtualBox 4.04, hardened Linux Debian 6 and Firefox 4
Thats’ why it’s so ‘huge’…

they have a customized version of Virtualbox with linux installed on it and once you start the browser; you actually turn on the virtualbox with the linux installed and then it starts firefox :P… (most likely/not a fact yet)

No wonder 1GB is required…

So they put in trust that malware can’t jump out of virtual box

[Boris_3]

@EricJH post:2

That’s a bloody heavy program.

As you say! ;D The Germans don’t work with half measure. It reminds me of G Data AV, another German product, which at a time had no less than 2 engines but was heaaaaaaaaavy.

@Jacob post:3

So they put in trust that malware can’t jump out of virtual box

Then it couldn’t be the super secure software as they think it is.

[HeffeD]

@Jacob post:3

So they put in trust that malware can’t jump out of virtual box

It sounds more like they’re putting trust that you won’t encounter any malware that can manipulate Linux in a way to jump out of the VM.

That is a tall order, but I’ll never say impossible when it comes to malware.

[Citizen_K]

@HeffeD post:5

It sounds more like they’re putting trust that you won’t encounter any malware that can manipulate Linux in a way to jump out of the VM.

That is a tall order, but I’ll never say impossible when it comes to malware.

It will set a new bar for the malware makers to reach when this product gets deployed at big enough a scale…