sandbox Firefox?

[thewolfe]

Is there a sandbox feature in Firefox? And if not, If I run Oracle virtual box and go to a website through Internet Explorer or Firefox, And I protected against viruses and malware?

[fliptw]

Does Firefox have sandbox features? No it doesn't.

What does Virtual Box have to do with Firefox?

[thewolfe]

To use as a " sandbox" option. Safe way to open questionable website.

[fliptw]

http://mywiki.wooledge.org/XyProblem

[Top Gun]

Firefox has a private browsing mode, which disables cookie and history collection, but that won't exactly protect you against most malware. Maybe private browsing plus NoScript, but I'm no expert. I have to wonder why you'd want to visit any sort of website that's as "questionable" as that in the first place.

[thewolfe]

Question is somewhat academic and there are times when searching on Google that the only hit that I'm interested in is a "questionable" site.

Thanks for the posts.

[Krom]

No, Firefox is not sandboxed. (And no other browser really is either, even if they claim it is.) Running it in a VM is one way, but running it on an entirely separate machine is usually the most guaranteed way to keep any potential damage away from a system. Basically make a full disk backup of a spare computer to an image, then open this questionable site on that machine and if it does get wrecked, drop the drive in a dock/toaster and sanitize it, then restore the image.

[Jeff250]

I actually prefer a VirtualBox VM to a separate physical machine because by default, VirtualBox will put the virtual machine on a separate VLAN. Malware can steal any passwords sent in the plain* by or infect any exe downloaded in the plain by any machine on its VLAN using ARP spoofing. Plus, VirtualBox makes it easier to clone off a VM when you want to play with some suspicious software and then delete that VM when you are done poking at it.

* For instance, your dbb.net password. You don't use that anywhere else, right?

[thewolfe]

Thanks for the post Jeff250, that helps a bit.

And I don't use the same password for other sites....Lastpass is my friend.

[Jeff250]

Then you're a better person than I am!