Naenara (browser)

This article is about the intranet browser. For the web portal, see Naenara.
Naenara
Developer(s) Korea Computer Center
Initial release 2013 (2013) (version 3.5)[1]
Development status Unmaintained[1]
Operating system Red Star OS 2.0, Red Star OS 2.5, Red Star OS 3.0[2]
Included with Red Star OS
Available in Korean (North Korean standard)
Type Intranet browser
Website www.naenara.com.kp/en/kcc
Naenara
Chosŏn'gŭl 내나라
Revised Romanization Naenara
McCune–Reischauer Naenara

Naenara (Chosŏn'gŭl: 내나라; lit. "My Country"), is a North Korean intranet browser software developed for using the national Kwangmyong intranet. It is distributed with the Linux-based operating system Red Star OS that North Korea developed because licensing and security issues made the use of Microsoft Windows undesirable.[3]

Naenara has been developed from a version of the Mozilla Firefox.

Design

Naenara is a modified version of Mozilla Firefox. Naenara is the only software distributed with the Red Star OS that is not named after its functionality.[4] Red Star OS and Naenara were developed by the Korea Computer Center that states on its web page that it seeks to develop Linux-based software for use.[5]

Kwangmyong intranet uses essentially the same architecture as the World Wide Web. Naenara can be used to browse approximately 1,000–5,500 websites in the intranet.[6]

In 2010 Russia Today reported that Mozilla's Firefox website successfully recognized Naenara, and offered downloads for the latest Korean language version of Firefox for i686.[4]

When run, the browser tries to contact an IP address at http://10.76.1.11/. The IP address points to a Kwangmyong version of a web portal also titled Naenara, which is not available through normal internet.[1] The default search engine for the browser is Naenara BBS.[4][3]

Some design choices, such as forced automatic updates, might make users vulnerable to government surveillance and man-in-the-middle attacks.[1] North Korean intranet might be vulnerable to outside intrusion too, as it proxies search requests through Google.[7][1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Hansen, Robert (8 January 2015). "North Korea’s Naenara Web Browser: It’s Weirder Than We Thought". blog.whitehatsec.com. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Owen Williams (8 January 2015). "Hands on with North Korea’s homegrown operating system, Red Star". thenextweb.com. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 Bernhard Seliger; Stefan Schmidt. The Hermit Kingdom Goes Online: Information Technology, Internet Use and Communication Policy in North Korea. McFarland. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-4766-1770-1.
  4. 1 2 3 "North Korea’s "secret cyber-weapon": brand new Red Star OS". Russia Today. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Korea Computer Center". Korea Computer Center. 2014. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014.
  6. ↑ Matthew Sparkes (23 December 2014). "Internet in North Korea: everything you need to know". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Thomas Fox-Brewster (9 January 2015). "Attacking 'Red Star': Leaks Show Just How Easy It Might Be To Hack North Korea". Forbes. Retrieved 23 November 2015.

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