Naenara (browser)
 Naenara run in Red Star OS | |
| Developer(s) | Korea Computer Center |
|---|---|
| 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 | Intranet 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. 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]
Naenara can be used to browse approximately 1,000 to 5,500 websites in the national Kwangmyong 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 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.[4][3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Hansen, Robert (8 January 2015). "North Korea's Naenara Web Browser: It's Weirder Than We Thought". blog.whitehatsec.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ Owen Williams (8 January 2015). "Hands on with North Korea's homegrown operating system, Red Star". thenextweb.com. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c "North Korea's "secret cyber-weapon": brand new Red Star OS". Russia Today. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Korea Computer Center". Korea Computer Center. 2014. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014.
- ^ Matthew Sparkes (23 December 2014). "Internet in North Korea: everything you need to know". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
External links
- "nothing". Retrieved 10 July 2020.[dead link]
- Red Star OS 3.0 (DPRK/North Korea Linux) Overview on YouTube
- Computer Science in the DPRK [31c3] on YouTube