| Come September 2nd, Google is going to release a beta version of their new browser called Chrome. So what does this new browser mean for security? Here are some of the features that this new browser with entail.
It runs each new browser tab in a seperate sandbox. Each tab gets its own process and memory space. This means that one tab cannot crash another, so you won’t lose all your sessions if just one of them hangs. This also means that |
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| applications from one tab does not have direct access to stored memory data of another browser tab. This increases the protection provided by the browser from rogue sites.
This ’sandboxing’ technique that it uses Google claims to protect against malicious data from websites. If a website is causing an issue, it is contained within Chrome and simply closing the browser will protect your PC. However, Google admits that installed plugins in the browser bypass this security feature. It also features a privacy mode. This is similiar to Microsoft’s InPrivate mode. No user information is recorded while in this mode. No usernames, passwords, website history, form data, etc, are recorded or stored while in this mode. This is useful for users using a public PC and can’t guarantee privacy. This does not protect against your data once it leaves the PC however. Once the data leaves the PC it is still vulnerable to attackers sniffing out data over the network. Similiar to current features in Internet Explorer, Chrome will also download the latest list of known phishing sites to protect and warn users from unknowingly accessing a phishing site. All these security features however are nothing new with Internet Explorer and Firefox already in the market and claiming their stake in the “high security” web browser market. It will take something new and extraordinary from Google to take market share away from Microsoft and Mozilla. |
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