<s>
Beonex	B-Protocol
Communicator	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
open-source	B-Application
Internet	B-Protocol
suite	I-Protocol
based	O
on	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Suite	I-Language
(	O
MAS	O
)	O
by	O
Ben	O
Bucksch	O
,	O
a	O
German	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Internet	B-Protocol
suite	I-Protocol
contains	O
a	O
Web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
an	O
email	B-Protocol
and	O
news	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
,	O
an	O
HTML	B-General_Concept
editor	I-General_Concept
(	O
based	O
on	O
Mozilla	B-General_Concept
Composer	I-General_Concept
)	O
and	O
an	O
IRC	B-Protocol
client	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
ChatZilla	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beonex	B-Protocol
Business	O
Services	O
offered	O
the	O
suite	O
for	O
free	O
and	O
provided	O
documentation	O
,	O
easy	O
install	O
routines	O
for	O
third-party	O
plug-ins	B-Application
,	O
and	O
tried	O
to	O
sell	O
support	O
and	O
customer-specific	O
changes	O
on	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
goal	O
was	O
to	O
implement	O
Kerberos	B-Protocol
,	O
OpenPGP	O
,	O
and	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
in	O
Beonex	B-Protocol
,	O
but	O
that	O
was	O
marked	O
as	O
failed	O
in	O
mid-2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
Organization	I-Operating_System
stated	O
that	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Suite	I-Language
was	O
only	O
for	O
developers	O
and	O
testing	O
purposes	O
and	O
was	O
not	O
meant	O
for	O
end	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
5	O
January	O
2001	O
Beonex	B-Protocol
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
kmLinux	O
version	O
S-0.4	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
removed	O
in	O
version	O
S-0.5	O
released	O
on	O
23	O
March	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beonex	B-Protocol
0.8	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2002	O
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
about	O
its	O
speed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beonex	B-Protocol
Launcher	O
(	O
BeOL	O
,	O
spoken	O
B-O-L	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
an	O
additional	O
upcoming	O
product	O
that	O
never	O
left	O
alpha	O
status	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
stripped-down	O
version	O
of	O
Beonex	B-Protocol
Communicator	I-Protocol
:	O
a	O
Web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
combined	O
with	O
an	O
email	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
and	O
a	O
chat	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
a	O
few	O
preview	O
releases	O
of	O
version	O
0.9	O
in	O
mid-2002	O
,	O
Bucksch	O
showed	O
some	O
new	O
features	O
he	O
wanted	O
to	O
integrate	O
,	O
but	O
before	O
this	O
version	O
gained	O
a	O
stable	O
status	O
,	O
he	O
announced	O
on	O
2	O
March	O
2004	O
that	O
no	O
new	O
releases	O
were	O
planned	O
until	O
the	B-Operating_System
Mozilla	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
decided	O
its	O
future	O
policy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
the	B-Operating_System
Mozilla	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
officially	O
changed	O
its	O
policies	O
and	O
created	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
Corporation	O
to	O
provide	O
end-user	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beonex	B-Protocol
Communicator	I-Protocol
0.8.2-stable	O
has	O
several	O
known	O
security	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beonex	B-Protocol
never	O
received	O
much	O
market	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
distributor	O
of	O
Beonex	B-Protocol
joined	O
the	O
Coalition	O
for	O
App	O
Fairness	O
,	O
which	O
defends	O
the	O
rights	O
of	O
app	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
browser	B-Application
does	O
not	O
transmit	O
referrers	B-Protocol
by	O
default	O
and	O
has	O
the	O
possibility	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
fake	O
referrers	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
browser	B-Application
deletes	O
all	O
cookies	B-Application
upon	O
exiting	O
and	O
disables	O
several	O
JavaScript	B-Language
functions	O
which	O
could	O
have	O
served	O
as	O
attack	O
vectors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beonex	B-Protocol
also	O
allows	O
changing	O
the	O
user	B-Protocol
agent	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
following	O
comparison	O
table	O
not	O
all	O
releases	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
and	O
MAS	O
are	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
more	O
complete	O
table	O
see	O
Gecko	B-Language
(	O
layout	O
engine	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
with	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
,	O
Beonex	B-Protocol
has	O
included	O
nearly	O
the	O
same	O
features	O
except	O
the	O
proprietary	O
parts	O
like	O
the	O
integrated	O
Net2Phone	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
the	O
AOL	B-Protocol
Instant	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
online	O
chatting	O
,	O
ChatZilla	B-Operating_System
was	O
integrated	O
and	O
the	O
sidebar	O
and	O
the	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
are	O
also	O
pre-configured	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beonex	B-Protocol
is	O
less	O
resource-intensive	O
than	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beonex	B-Protocol
includes	O
a	O
migration	O
tool	O
to	O
import	O
old	O
profiles	O
from	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Communicator	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beonex	B-Protocol
Communicator	I-Protocol
was	O
not	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
MAS	O
;	O
rather	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
separate	O
branch	B-General_Concept
,	O
so	O
no	O
significant	O
changes	O
were	O
made	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HTML	O
email	B-Protocol
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
are	O
turned	O
off	O
by	O
default	O
and	O
thus	O
,	O
it	O
displays	O
email	B-Protocol
only	O
in	O
plain	O
text	O
with	O
bold	O
and	O
cursive	O
additions	O
which	O
were	O
added	O
later	O
in	O
MAS	O
1.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Mycroft	O
project	O
and	O
is	O
located	O
in	O
the	O
sidebar	O
providing	O
more	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
