X11 security: Firejail in second workspace?

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  • August 6, 2019 at 11:22 am #25431
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      I am running Firefox in Firejail 0.9.60. According to Firejail documentation, better security is obtained by running Firejail in xpra (or xephyr). This is because all programs have access to everything displayed in X11. A program running in Xpra is in an isolated display environment, which prevents key loggers and other malware (potentially active in the x11 environment) from using common ground to steal data. So far, Firejail and xpra are not cooperating on my machine. There is a newer version of xpra available, but I have not updated it yet.

      Meanwhile, I wonder… The AntiX desktop provides two x11 workspaces. Are these sufficiently isolated from each other, so as to provide a similar layer of security between programs active in one workspace versus the other?

      Please forgive, as this is probably a dumb question.

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