We hear about "sandbox" solutions whether it be web browsing, development environments, security testing scenarios and etc, etc, etc


Alan Baxter wrote:I used to be reluctant to test problematic urls served up by users in NoScript support and other forums. Seemed to be inconsistent with "safe hex" practices, even with NoScript. I think a big part of what keeps my PC clean is not surfing to dodgy sites. You know, a user will click on almost anything to get a hit of pron, so I'd just as soon stay out of that trap.
Last weekend Tom T. suggested I try out Sandboxie. I now run my test profile inside its sandbox without endangering my system. I can provide much more support now.
Giorgio Maone wrote:NoScript (in-browser protection, web app isolation) and sandboxes (browser isolation from the OS) are orthogonal.
I wrote a short post about this some time ago.
GµårÐïåñ wrote:I also remember this post of yours, I took another look, thank you. What sandbox solutions have you used, encountered or would recommend, regardless of level of experience?
Giorgio Maone wrote:I do not use any. If I need to test something in IE or Chrome, I use a clean Vista VM. For Safari, a Mac OS X VM. With Firefox I ride naked, NoScript aside.
I've got Avast installed, but I've never had any incident report aside false positives of exploit pages already neutered by NoScript.
I've heard good things about SandboxIE among my users, but I've never felt the need of trying it out, sorry.
therube wrote:With Returnil Virtual System or similar programs you can turn them loose, they can do all they want, but upon reboot everything is back to where it started.
Pretty sure with Ghost & Acronis True Image too, you can set up a (like a factory) restore partition that you can just revert to - whenever you feel like it.
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