Subj : Re: The BOINC Project
To   : Arelor
From : Mark Hofmann
Date : Sun Jul 24 2022 11:07:05

A> THere are very good solutions for containerizing web browsers already. I
A> remember listening to a podcast in which they interviewed the head of a
A> startup which did web browser containment. What they did, essentialy, was
A> to fire up a web wrowser in a remote vistual machine and forward the GUI
A> to the client computer - the web browser was not even running in the
A> user's computer.

Yes, I have seen some options in action.  You can virtualize browsers using VDI today.  There is also "remote browser isolation" which can kick off a browser that runs in an isolated application container.  

The pro is the browser is basically in a sandbox.  The negative is the browser is in a sandbox - so if you download files, not as simple to move things around.  If the intent is for an average user that just web surfs only and is a high "click risk", this is the best option.  Even if the virtual browser gets infected, it will revert back to it's original state after the app is closed.

- Mark

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