On Monday 19 July 2010 12:17 AM, Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> So yes, the software "works well" in much the same way that "an unpatched
> Windows XP works well" but leaves you open to compromise. Note the key
> sentence here: "There are reports that this vulnerability is being actively
> exploited
On 7/19/10, Suvayu Ali
>
wrote:
> On Monday 19 July 2010 12:17 AM, Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> > So yes, the software "works well" in much the same way that "an unpatched
> > Windows XP works well" but leaves you open to compromise. Note the key
> > sentence here: "There are reports that this vul
On Monday 19 July 2010 01:01 AM, Christofer C. Bell wrote:
>> Would you say use of noscript or flashblock would be a good compromise?
>> > If not what are my other options? (maybe I should start a new thread for
>> > this discussion)
>> >
> I think FlashBlock would be a fairly good compromise. If
On 19/07/10 09:18, Suvayu Ali wrote:
>> I think FlashBlock would be a fairly good compromise. If you're using
>> FlashBlock, you can safely wander around the web knowing that no flash you
>> do not explicitly authorize will be running. As for NoScript, I'm not sure
>> that it adds value for this
On 19 July 2010 09:18, Suvayu Ali wrote:
> On Monday 19 July 2010 01:01 AM, Christofer C. Bell wrote:
>>> Would you say use of noscript or flashblock would be a good compromise?
>>> > If not what are my other options? (maybe I should start a new thread for
>>> > this discussion)
>>> >
>> I think
> I think FlashBlock would be a fairly good compromise. If you're using
> FlashBlock, you can safely wander around the web knowing that no flash you
> do not explicitly authorize will be running.
Unfortunately FlashBlock is useless. I tested it on a malicious swf
file, and the firefox immediately
On 07/19/2010 01:18 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
> On Monday 19 July 2010 01:01 AM, Christofer C. Bell wrote:
>>> Would you say use of noscript or flashblock would be a good compromise?
If not what are my other options? (maybe I should start a new thread for
this discussion)
>> I thin
On 7/19/10, JD wrote:
>
> I had noscript installed but it broke several websites, including youtube.
> Several links in youtube would cease to work. I could no longer play
> youtube vids.
> Perhaps I misconfigured it???
It's likely you just neglected to trust the relevant websites. For YouTube
