On 05/16/2011 07:29 PM, JD wrote: <> > Is there an alternative implementation of java that > will prevent java and javascript websites from touching > out files and directories? java is java. unless it is ms java. :) along with being a linux bigot, i am an advocate of mozilla. i started with netscape 1.03, iirc, and moved into firefox when it first came out. along the way, i installed 'NoScript' when it came out and i have enjoyed it ever sense. therefore, i recommend you install it; download: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/ homepage: http://noscript.net/ go thru configurations to disable java and java script. [using both names because some twit tried to explain to me differences and impress me with his degree and a bunch of other crap he was proud of.] you can also 'white list' sites, and a bunch of other helpful settings, especially in the 'advanced' settings, to protect firefox and your system and make browsing more enjoyable. once installed, you can customize the toolbar to add 2 NoScript icons to temporarily allow all of a page and revoke temporarily permissions, which i use for sites that i know. you will note along right side of firefox's lower window bar, a little circle with an 's'. this is to allow various things like page, other sites, flash, and such. all of which is controlled in 'options' settings. many windows users who use firefox will tell you that you have to use 'adblock plus', but i have found that that is not entirely true. noscript has done a great job and until someone proves to me [which will not be an ms windows user] that i have to use 'adblock plus', i will remain true to 'NoScript'. hth. -- peace out. tc.hago, g . **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it. to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****
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