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... I don't want to rename all files in /home to foo.bar or something. Is this a foolish or difficult request? It's pretty trivial under Windows with Sandboxie to keep a program's disk writes contained.

... if I go to the wrong website, or open the wrong email. I've tried to protect myself by running web browsers and email clients inside a sandbox (Sandboxie). One good thing about Sandboxie is that it allows you to prevent programs which are running in the sandbox from accessing certain folders ...

... https://share-your-photo.com/img/55d2ad4daa_album.jpg Ich habe mich ersteinmal aufgrund der ganzen wiedrigkeiten entschlossen, TexasSolver in SandBoxie auf Win10 laufen zu lassen. Funktioniert problemlos. Ich wollte TexasSolver in einer virtuellen umgebung laufen lassen, weil ich nicht einschätzen ...

Hoser Rob wrote: ⤴Sun Jun 05, 2022 8:24 am AFAIK there are no newbie friendly GUI sandbox tools like sandboxie in Linux.

I've never used it, but there's Firetools. It's in the software manager.

gittiest personITW wrote: ⤴Sat Jun 04, 2022 3:54 pm Just to add - no harm in using Firejail which will sandbox your browser/email client and most other software you tell it to.

Good point. However, AFAIK there are no newbie friendly GUI sandbox tools like sandboxie in Linux. Chrome creates its own sandbox at runtime FWIW.

... your drivers are compatible) and have Edge (the Chrome version) run in a Microsoft provided sandbox. You can add extra protection by using Sandboxie to run your internet apps in a sandbox (as you could use Firejail on LM). I'm not saying my ideas vis a vis Windows security are not dated. ...

... your drivers are compatible) and have Edge (the Chrome version) run in a Microsoft provided sandbox. You can add extra protection by using Sandboxie to run your internet apps in a sandbox (as you could use Firejail on LM). You can create two users: one with admin rights (used to install ...

... the same attack can be used against Windows / MacOS and Linux. However, this can be avoided by sandboxing: Flatpaks, Snaps or Firejail for Linux; Sandboxie for Windows; any app downloaded from the App Store is sandboxed, since 2012, for MacOS. Regards, MN

... much do the same thing. Easier to use GUI tools seem to be very much lacking in Linux, I don't think there's any equivalent of something like sandboxie.

I am looking for a solution other than virtualization, where I can sandbox/isolate a browser from the OS be it: brave, chrome, chromium, firefox, etc.

What are my options? Is there a tried+tested technology available on Linux that is similar to Sandboxie on Windows?

... folder. Is there a similar color around the windows you open that let you know that you're inside the sandbox similar to what you find in sandboxie? Not that I've come across. Though I could image some scenario where you could possibly overlay some theme change, specifically within an ...

... GUI) and it appeared in my real download folder and not the "alternate" download folder". I don't know why. When I'm using sandboxie on Windows and I download something with Firefox, a fictitious download folder opens, not my real one which helps protect my computer in case ...

... have it So I'd better let it untouched. Alright, so I'm just gonna donwload Firejail and install it. If it's performing the same functions as Sandboxie I guess I should be fine I was mostly concerned about ransomware but if the browser is sandboxed, I shouldn't worry too much about that as ...

Hey guys and gals, I'm on a dual boot Windows / Linux Mint 20.1 and I've been using Sandboxie on Windows to sand box Firefox to prevent my computer from being infected with malware, ransomware and some other stuff and well so far it's working great, and I was wondering ...

... OS is Linux Mint 19.1 "Tessa" Cinnamon edition (64-bit). Before Linux, I was using Windows 10. I installed and used a software called Sandboxie. Sandboxie runs your programs in an isolated space which prevents them from making permanent changes to other programs and data in your computer. ...

... Virtualcam with Iriun and or Droidcam, Please lend a few keystrokes and tell me how (or at least point me to the site/thread with the solution). Sandboxie was mentioned as a work around, but for Windows. I discovered Firejail on a websearch, but no clue how to make it applicative. Being rather ...

... at explaining... I'd like the firefox-sandbox to be destroyed, except the files I choose to save, I guess that I want sandbox to work like "sandboxie" in Windows, where I can move the files that I want to save, and then have the sandbox destroyed. This is the file-transfer feature I ...

Does any one know of a sandbox program that would allow internet access & audio-video ?
Something similar to SandBoxie for Windows.

... the win10 firewall tests,it came out differently) -it should leave me the option to handle my class-c (home-network) differently then the i-net 2.sandboxie, i use that as a sort of "incoc browser" ,i know browser can do that on their own,but i use it also for apps.its not like VMware ...

... Tools to Sandbox Programs and Keep Your Computer Safer • Raymond.CC https://www.raymond.cc/blog/no-more-worries-when-running-untrusted-programs/ Sandboxie - Sandbox software for application isolation and secure Web browsing https://www.sandboxie.com/ The Best Sandbox Tools to Safely Test Windows ...