Comments on: The Google Chrome phenomenon http://blog.synformation.com/2008/09/07/the-google-chrome-phenomenon/ About a Java framework and other things Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:24:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jack-of-all-trades http://blog.synformation.com/2008/09/07/the-google-chrome-phenomenon/comment-page-1/#comment-5207 jack-of-all-trades Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:16:46 +0000 http://blog.synformation.com/?p=48#comment-5207 One advantage of Google Chrome is that when you close a tab, you are virtually terminating the process. This seems to have some interesting implications on the security of the browser. If you corrupt the tab’s memspace then you will crash only that particular process. The browser and all other tabs should continue working just fine like nothing ever has happened. The advantages are obvious: the user experience is intact. The disadvantages are that pwning might get easier. Google Chrome also implements a new privacy feature. They call it incognito. Basically if you browse while being in incognito mode, nothing ever gets logged. Another interesting feature which I need to mention is that popups are not blocked but they open in a minimized window. If you want to see them you just drag the popup icon and there you go. However this may be abused. For example, it will make a huge difference if the rendering engine has already processed the content of the popup even if it is minimized. If this is the case, then this feature could turn into a very handy mechanism of hiding malicious activities. Google Chrome also provides sandboxing functionalities. Apparently each process is sandboxed. So taking over a process may not result into an immediate pwnage but it will certainly give the attackers some advantage. One advantage of Google Chrome is that when you close a tab, you are virtually terminating the process. This seems to have some interesting implications on the security of the browser. If you corrupt the tab’s memspace then you will crash only that particular process. The browser and all other tabs should continue working just fine like nothing ever has happened. The advantages are obvious: the user experience is intact. The disadvantages are that pwning might get easier.

Google Chrome also implements a new privacy feature. They call it incognito. Basically if you browse while being in incognito mode, nothing ever gets logged.

Another interesting feature which I need to mention is that popups are not blocked but they open in a minimized window. If you want to see them you just drag the popup icon and there you go. However this may be abused. For example, it will make a huge difference if the rendering engine has already processed the content of the popup even if it is minimized. If this is the case, then this feature could turn into a very handy mechanism of hiding malicious activities.

Google Chrome also provides sandboxing functionalities. Apparently each process is sandboxed. So taking over a process may not result into an immediate pwnage but it will certainly give the attackers some advantage.

]]> By: Gioco di Poker in re http://blog.synformation.com/2008/09/07/the-google-chrome-phenomenon/comment-page-1/#comment-4514 Gioco di Poker in re Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:37:22 +0000 http://blog.synformation.com/?p=48#comment-4514 So far I have been using Chrome since its release. It is nice, but the lack of features makes it hard to use. With Mozilla Firefox you have all of the extensions in place to block ads, unwanted scripts, control web site styles, get weather updates, etc, etc. Chrome is SUPER basic. So far I have been using Chrome since its release. It is nice, but the lack of features makes it hard to use. With Mozilla Firefox you have all of the extensions in place to block ads, unwanted scripts, control web site styles, get weather updates, etc, etc. Chrome is SUPER basic.

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