Naenara (browser)
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 Naenara run in Red Star OS | |
| Developer(s) | Korea Computer Center |
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| Initial release | 2013 (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 |
| Available in | Korean (North Korean standard) English |
| Type | 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.[3]
Design
Naenara is a modified version of Mozilla Firefox.[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]
Naenara can be used to browse approximately 1,000 to 5,500 websites in the national Kwangmyong intranet.[6]
When Naenara is run, it tries to contact an IP address at http://10.76.1.11/.[1] The default search engine for the browser is Google Korea.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hansen, Robert (8 January 2015). "North Korea's Naenara Web Browser: It's Weirder Than We Thought". https://blog.whitehatsec.com/north-koreas-naenara-web-browser-its-weirder-than-we-thought/.
- ↑ Owen Williams (8 January 2015). "Hands on with North Korea's homegrown operating system, Red Star". https://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/01/08/hands-north-koreas-homegrown-operating-system-red-star/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bernhard Seliger; Stefan Schmidt (4 April 2014). The Hermit Kingdom Goes Online: Information Technology, Internet Use and Communication Policy in North Korea. McFarland. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-4766-1770-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=qKhDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PP7.
- ↑ Talmadge, Eric. "Walls surround N. Korea's web users". The Baltimore Sun. https://digitaledition.baltimoresun.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=2d94be07-81fe-47cc-9e54-3e724298de8c.
- ↑ "Korea Computer Center". 2014. http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/kcc/.
- ↑ Matthew Sparkes (23 December 2014). "Internet in North Korea: everything you need to know". https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/11309882/Internet-in-North-Korea-everything-you-need-to-know.html.
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