Naenara (browser) explained

Naenara
Developer:Korea Computer Center
Released: (version 3.5)[1]
Operating System:Red Star OS 2.0, Red Star OS 2.5, Red Star OS 3.0, Windows[2]
Included With:Red Star OS
Language Footnote:Korean (Munhwao)
Genre:Internet browser

Naenara is a North Korean intranet web browser software developed by the Korea Computer Center for use of the national Kwangmyong intranet. It is developed from a version of Mozilla Firefox and is distributed with the Linux-based operating system Red Star OS that North Korea developed due to licensing and security issues with Microsoft Windows.

Design

Naenara is a modified version of Mozilla Firefox.[3] 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.[4]

Naenara can be used to browse approximately 1,000 to 5,500 websites in the national Kwangmyong intranet.[5]

When Naenara is run, it tries to contact an IP address at <nowiki>http://10.76.1.11/</nowiki>. The default search engine for the browser is Google Korea.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: North Korea's Naenara Web Browser: It's Weirder Than We Thought . Hansen . Robert . 8 January 2015 . blog.whitehatsec.com . 21 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151215201456/http://blog.whitehatsec.com/north-koreas-naenara-web-browser-its-weirder-than-we-thought/ . 15 December 2015 . dead .
  2. Web site: Hands on with North Korea's homegrown operating system, Red Star . Owen Williams . 8 January 2015 . thenextweb.com . 23 November 2015.
  3. News: Talmadge. Eric. Walls surround N. Korea's web users. The Baltimore Sun. 2021-04-03.
  4. Web site: Korea Computer Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20141231222441/http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/kcc/ . 2014 . . 31 December 2014.
  5. Web site: Internet in North Korea: everything you need to know . Matthew Sparkes . 23 December 2014 . . 23 November 2015.
  6. Book: Bernhard Seliger. Stefan Schmidt. The Hermit Kingdom Goes Online: Information Technology, Internet Use and Communication Policy in North Korea. McFarland. 978-1-4766-1770-1. 7. 4 April 2014.

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