[CentOS] was, Re: Cent OS 6 freezing up, is flash danger

2011-08-26 Thread m . roth
Speaking of flash bugs, did anyone read slashdot today? They've got a story on *finally* finding the exact vector of the RSA intrusion: someone at the parent co. got an attached .xls file, and in the spreadsheet was an embedded flash video that actually used a known vulnerability to install

Re: [CentOS] was, Re: Cent OS 6 freezing up, is flash danger

2011-08-26 Thread Always Learning
On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 14:54 -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Flash is dangerous. Treat it that way. I've got noscript, and the only flash I see are ones *I* explicitly choose to watch. Yep. We have always been 100% Flash free. We thought it dangerous years ago but 99.9% of people seem desperate

Re: [CentOS] was, Re: Cent OS 6 freezing up, is flash danger

2011-08-26 Thread Lamar Owen
On Friday, August 26, 2011 02:54:11 PM m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: As the guy in the original story asked, why would you want to embed a flash video in a freakin' spreadsheet? Intriguing. As to why, well, probably for the same or similar reasons as you'd embed into a powerpoint presentation. I

Re: [CentOS] was, Re: Cent OS 6 freezing up, is flash danger

2011-08-26 Thread m . roth
Always Learning wrote: On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 14:54 -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Flash is dangerous. Treat it that way. I've got noscript, and the only flash I see are ones *I* explicitly choose to watch. Yep. We have always been 100% Flash free. We thought it dangerous years ago but