I don't wish to get into a Unix versus Windows war about security. However
recognise that Flash is a plug in to a browser. Because of the way browser
plug ins work they have very few restrictions on what they can do. I
retired recently but before that was involved in protecting very sensitive
da
Nonsense!
The article you cite suggests disabling JavaScript aswell. The main
slippy map on OSM uses JavaScript. ergo, we should not be promoting
dangerous javascript.
Flash has never caused me any security problems on my Ubuntu desktop.
Talk to your OS vendor if it's insecure.
On 15/05/10 00:10
On 15 May 2010 13:59, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
>> Adobe has explicitly said in the past that they can't open source it
>> because they've used a lot of parts in in that they've licensed from
>> somewhere else.
>
> http://www.adobe.com/de/products/eula/third_party/f
On 18/05/10 10:05, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote:
> firefox jetpack
Jetpacks are alternatives to extensions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Add-on_%28Mozilla%29
not plugins.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_%28computing%29#Plug-ins_and_extensions
for an explanation. I agree the term
firefox jetpack
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Gervase Markham wrote:
> On 14/05/10 23:51, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> > It's a frickin' browser plugin, if the browser is letting it access your
> > l337 credit card details then the browser probably ought to address its
> > plugin architecture.
On 14/05/10 23:51, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> It's a frickin' browser plugin, if the browser is letting it access your
> l337 credit card details then the browser probably ought to address its
> plugin architecture.
Sadly, the definition of how browser plugins work means that they are
fully-privi
Here is a message from the gnash team that I think is appropriate to forward
to this thread.
thanks,
mike
-- Forwarded message --
From: John Gilmore
Date: Sun, May 16, 2010 at 2:52 AM
Subject: [Gnash-dev] Gnash appears on Adobe's web site!
To: gnash-...@gnu.org
Adobe has a facet
On 14 May 2010 22:38, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> I would encourage people to sign the petition at http://openplayer.net/
> encouraging Adobe to make the Flash Player open source.
Increasing the pressure on adobe ?
Adobe has open sourced flex . There is a video player from flash which
is opensourc
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 12:17, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> I'm also very concerned about the amount of dihydrogenmonoxide contained
> in almost any drink you can get nowadays. It is virtually impossible to
> escape the stuff, and people are reported to have died from it already[0].
Dihydrogenmonoxide
On Sat, 15 May 2010, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> > that's why we call it "sour stuff" in German (Sauerstoff) ;-)
>
> I'm also very concerned about the amount of dihydrogenmonoxide contained
> in almost any drink you can get nowadays. It is virtually impossible to
>
Hi,
M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> that's why we call it "sour stuff" in German (Sauerstoff) ;-)
I'm also very concerned about the amount of dihydrogenmonoxide contained
in almost any drink you can get nowadays. It is virtually impossible to
escape the stuff, and people are reported to have died
2010/5/15 Liz :
> On Sat, 15 May 2010, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
>> > It's probably the major source of Malware in Windows
>>
>> Yeah. The major source of drowning in the Atlantic Ocean is water. BAN
>> water!!11!11o...@wtflolccbysa
>>
> don't forget
> oxygen is not only poisonous in some forms but
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> Adobe has explicitly said in the past that they can't open source it
> because they've used a lot of parts in in that they've licensed from
> somewhere else.
http://www.adobe.com/de/products/eula/third_party/flashplayer/
Pretty much all the "all rights reserved" s
john whelan wrote:
> "In order to reduce the threat of successful exploitation of Web
> browsers, administrators should maintain a restrictive policy regarding
> which applications are allowed within the organization. […] Browser
> security features and add-ons should be employed wherever possible
John Smith wrote:
> Browser plugin security is a joke and has been for a very long time,
> and as far as I'm aware nothing has been reported publicly that
> anything is being done to fix the situation.
I think (though I'm absolutely no expert on the situation) that Chrome
and Safari are working t
On Sat, 15 May 2010, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> > It's probably the major source of Malware in Windows
>
> Yeah. The major source of drowning in the Atlantic Ocean is water. BAN
> water!!11!11o...@wtflolccbysa
>
don't forget
oxygen is not only poisonous in some forms but promotes explosions
so
On 15 May 2010 08:51, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> It's a frickin' browser plugin, if the browser is letting it access your
> l337 credit card details then the browser probably ought to address its
> plugin architecture. Badly written Flash may crash my browser but it has
> not yet sent my credit ca
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 22:51, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> Aevar Arnfjorth Bjarmason wrote:
>> Making their player open source would be nice. But what's mainly
>> stopping players like Gnash is that their protocols are closed
>
> The SWF and RTMP formats are published. The codecs aren't, but that's
www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/how-secure-is-flash-heres-what-adobe-wont-tell-you/2152
There are other web sites such as Symantec's site. Symantec's advice
corporate advice:
"In order to reduce the threat of successful exploitation of Web browsers,
administrators should maintain a restrictive policy re
john whelan wrote:
> Yes but a problem with Flash is it is a major security hole.
My considered opinion on that theory is "bollocks".
It's a frickin' browser plugin, if the browser is letting it access your
l337 credit card details then the browser probably ought to address its
plugin architect
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
wrote:
> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 17:08, Richard Fairhurst
> wrote:
> > Occasionally the subject of Flash and free software comes up here in
> > relation to Potlatch.
> >
> > I would encourage people to sign the petition at http://openplayer
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 17:08, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> Occasionally the subject of Flash and free software comes up here in
> relation to Potlatch.
>
> I would encourage people to sign the petition at http://openplayer.net/
> encouraging Adobe to make the Flash Player open source.
Making their
Yes but a problem with Flash is it is a major security hole. It's probably
the major source of Malware in Windows at the moment so we should probably
promote other alternative methods.
Cheerio John
On 14 May 2010 13:08, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> Occasionally the subject of Flash and free soft
+1
On 14 May 2010 18:10, "Richard Fairhurst" wrote:
Occasionally the subject of Flash and free software comes up here in
relation to Potlatch.
I would encourage people to sign the petition at http://openplayer.net/
encouraging Adobe to make the Flash Player open source.
cheers
Richard
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Occasionally the subject of Flash and free software comes up here in
relation to Potlatch.
I would encourage people to sign the petition at http://openplayer.net/
encouraging Adobe to make the Flash Player open source.
cheers
Richard
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