On Tue, 2014-02-11 at 09:07 +0100, Matthias Apitz wrote: > Hello, > > The port www/youtube_dl installs as a binary the Youtube downloader in > > # file /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl > /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl: data > > The executeable tends to fail due to changes the provider Youtube does > in its web page and users tend to update the software theirself by the > option --update; this connects via HTTPS to: > > 07:36:12.668370 IP 10.32.233.251.31097 > frnk.radius.uk.mediaways.net.domain: > 63308+ A? rg3.github.io. (31) > 07:36:13.214619 IP frnk.radius.uk.mediaways.net.domain > 10.32.233.251.31097: > 63308 2/0/0 CNAME github.map.fastly.net., A 185.31.16.133 (82) > 07:36:13.215016 IP 10.32.233.251.33006 > frnk.radius.uk.mediaways.net.domain: > 63309+ AAAA? rg3.github.io. (31) > 07:36:13.348108 IP 10.32.233.251.57784 > frnk.radius.uk.mediaways.net.domain: > 35986+ PTR? 251.233.32.10.in-addr.arpa. (44) > 07:36:13.514879 IP frnk.radius.uk.mediaways.net.domain > 10.32.233.251.33006: > 63309 1/1/0 CNAME github.map.fastly.net. (138) > 07:36:13.515729 IP 10.32.233.251.14874 > 185.31.16.133.http: Flags [S], seq > 3997719834, win 65535, options [mss 1460,nop,wscale 6,sackOK,TS val 441155 > ecr 0], length 0 > ... > > and downloads a new binary version to /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl which > must be done in addition as root (or root must change the owner of the > file before). > > This is highly concerning due to 'phoning home' and installing whatever > (mal-) software or due to DNS redirects to some malware side. > > The Linux friends patch the source to disable the --update option; see > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/youtube-dl/+bug/1063469 > > Shouldn't we do the same? > > Thx > > matthias
I don't think that this is a big deal. Write to the maintainer first anyway. You can also try my firefox addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-flash-to-HTML5 Sometime it doesn't work because of youtube ajax nature. Reloading page will make it work. I doesn't have a time to fix this now. Anyway, it always works when a new tab opens.
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