Sandboxie Plus (Sbie fork)

Discussion in 'Sandboxie (SBIE Open Source) Plus & Classic' started by DavidXanatos, Apr 9, 2020.

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  1. NiteRanger

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    @DavidXanatos

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    Data protection:
    Sandboxie is great to protect the system from malicious modifications but with default configuration it does not protect user data from being accessed and exfiltrated.

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    So you are saying currently there's no simple way(settings) to overcome this issue? Or is there anyway to overcome this now? If yes, how?

    If it's possible I would like to sandbox my browsers with SB and use Shadow Defender to protect my host system

    Thanks
     
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  2. bo elam

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    @NiteRanger.Thats by design and really the way it should be by default, is not an issue. Programs that run in the sandbox have to have access to files in your system, otherwise they wouldn't work. Sandboxie cant guess (and should not) what files you want to block and what to allow, that's for us users. We decide what we want to block. If this was changed, if SBIE by default blocked a bunch of files, we would hear a lot of complains about this program or that program not working or installing in the sandbox.
    Ranger, like I said above, this is not an issue. We have available Sandbox settings that you can use for blocking (or hiding) access to your personal files, sensitive files and folders. With this settings you can protect your personal files from being read or stolen. This settings are very easy to use. And can also be used for blocking system files, some people use this settings for that, but IMO, blocking system files is not needed.


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  3. NiteRanger

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    Ok, many thanks
     
  4. GrDukeMalden

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    64 bit version of the Tor Browser can't run inside of sandboxie. 32 bit version of the Tor Browser works just fine inside of sandboxie though.
     
  5. Mr.X

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    Yep. I wish I could run 64 bit too.
     
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    Hello, I believe the same problems exists with the 64 bit installer as well. I get the same error code when trying (repeatedly) to upgrade sandboxie from an older version. Can you check on the driver for it as well please ?
     
  7. DavidXanatos

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    You mean the installers form here: https://www.torproject.org/download/ ?
    Forme it installs but than the installed firefox crashes with an error message being unable to load the sbidll.
     
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    Sorry no, I wasn't clear. From sandboxie website, version 5.33.3 is the one I was talking about. The 32 bit version installed fine for my laptop that I downloaded and upgraded from 5.16, but when trying to download the 64 bit version of 5.33.3 and upgrade from 5.16 on my main tower, that's when I get the same error liba mentioned in post #4.
     
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    So when will the next version of sandboxie be released with the "properly" signed files? Said with quotations because a digital signature is worthless for determining the safety of a file.
     
  10. Rasheed187

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    I'm not sure if I understood you correctly. If a tool is trusted then you should have an option to enable driver loading. But it's of course a security risk, so that's why SBIE developers removed it.

    Then it's probably not a good idea, if it wasn't focused on security.
     
  11. DavidXanatos

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    mmh... so your use case would be to use a tool without leaving much traces in the system but entirely trust it?

    Sure it was a good idea; not everything is about security, some things are about convenience or expedience.

    It really depends on what's your goal is.
     
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    Never the same program since ronen left it.I am very surprised people still use sandboxie when there are other options available.
    Only so long developers can continue to beat a deadhorse.Only a matter of time before this single developer will throw the towel in.

    Cheers.
     
  14. paulderdash

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    Curious to know what other options ... ReHIPS?

    Not currently too much of a Sandboxie user, but I think SandboxieDev will be well supported ...
     
  15. DavidXanatos

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    No it will not don't worry.

    It looks as there will be at least two devs to begin with.

    Also what other alternatives?
    Shade Sandbox? useless
    ReHips very polished and more than a sandbox but the sandbox aspect appears underdeveloped, can't install programs, etc...
    Windows Sandbox? Its not a sandbox its a cheep VM.

    Sandboxie has a second to none Feature set that when working correctly allows you not only to run applications inside a protected environment but also to install them there. That is IMHO extremely useful for many reasons aside of just security.



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  16. The Red Moon

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    i was thinking more on the lines of vmware or shadow defender.I have not used windows for many years so im out of touch with the new systems.
    Just a pity there is nothing similar to sandboxie in linuxland.
     
  17. DavidXanatos

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    Is there not? I mean I don't know...
    My attempts to befriend Linux ended with some CAD applications I need not working with wine and a Windows VM with GPU pass through approach not being compatible with my laptop.
    But anyhow back then I googled that actually and what about https://firejail.wordpress.com/ that sounds like it would be at least remotely comparable.
     
  18. Rasheed187

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    You have to be kidding me, it has worked just fine for me even after Tzuk left. It has been developed for years by Invincea and Sophos, I only saw people complaining about that it didn't always work correctly with Chrome, but Chrome is crap anyways. I do agree that the new developer will need to get a bit of help.

    What I mean is that let's say you want to run a new version of a trusted tool like Process Explorer, you could then easily allow driver loading without any risk.
     
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    So when will the next build come out? When can we expect the driver file to be signed so that it stops making false alarms.
    It's pretty dumb that there's still four antivirus companies that have it labeled as malware just because it doesn't have a signature.
    I can understand how that might cause suspicion in the beginning when it was 0-day, but after all this time?
     
  20. DavidXanatos

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    Working on that, there are still issues with many MSI installers and fixing that appears quite complicated.

    Tom is looking into obtaining the appropriate certificate, its not that simple he first has to register a company to attach the certificate to.
     
  21. GrDukeMalden

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    From what I've read in threads about sandboxie, getting MSI installers to run inside of sandboxie is way more trouble than it's worth. It's a neat idea for sure, but how would you be able to do it without opening it up to exploits?. Being able to safely install driver files inside of sandboxie would also be a huge pain.

    And again. The thing with digital signatures is such a huge pain. Yes, get that proper signature put onto the setup file and driver, but every time I hear about an antivirus program doing something based on nothing but a digital signature, I face-palm.
    Comodo came out with a new version of CIS and in the release notes they said it would prevent unsigned DLL's from being injected into comodo processes. Right away I thought to myself "Why not just all DLL's?"

    Okay the rant is done. Keep up the good work Mr Xanatos.
     
  22. DavidXanatos

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    On older versions of windows that in fact worked fine.
    Only recently MSFT changed something that broke it.

    That thing being changes to the used inter process communication.

    Fixing that would IMHO help avoid other future problems as windows will change more and more around that area as I was tolled.
     
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    So I've heard on a couple of other threads that that one former invincea/sophos developer got a signature made. Tom is his name, are you working with him Mr Xanatos?
     
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    By "working with", they might help each other out, but Tom's "Sandboxie" and Xanatos's "Sandboxie Plus" are two separate things. Tom's signature has nothing to do with Xanatos's side project.
     
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    Oh...That's a little disappointing. Would be cool to have those two combine resources.
     
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