Simplify the safeguarding of programs with Firetools

The console program Firejail start processes in its own "sandboxes." These jails limit access to the rest of the system. If, for example, an attacker takes over your web browser via a security loophole, the attacker is trapped in the sandbox and cannot cause any further damage. However, rather inconveniently, you need to manage this useful tool on the command line using numerous parameters [1].

Thus, Firejail developers have created Firetools – a graphical user interface for Firejail. It is based on the Qt4 framework, which KDE 4, among other software, also uses. Despite the pretty high version number (0.9.26.1), development of Firetools only started in the spring of 2015. The young tool's functionality is therefore still pretty simple, but the core functions are up and running. A simple double-click, for example, will launch an application in a sandbox. Statistics also allow the program to be monitored.

Installation

You will find binary packages for Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, openSUSE, CentOS 7, and RHEL on the Firejail website [2]. Although 32-bit versions are available for Debian, Ubuntu, and Mint, a 64-bit system is needed for the packages for the other distributions. Users of Arch Linux will find Firejail in the AUR [3], and SlackBuild's directory supplies the packages for Slackware [4]. In any case, you can install the downloaded package using your distribution's package manager.

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