[CentOS] current situation with flash plugins?

Walter Dnes waltdnes at waltdnes.org
Fri Feb 17 19:14:03 UTC 2017


On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 10:13:15AM -0600, Michael Hennebry wrote
> Is Adobe the only provider of flash plugins?

  Yes.

> Is it still a gaping security hole?

  If not kept up-to-date, yes.  Adobe changed their minds a few months
ago, and now provide up-to-date Flash 24.X for linux, complete with
security patches as required.  Of course, "zero-day exploits" can still
happen.

> Do the answers depend on the browser?

  Most browsers nowadays have the option to set one of 3 values...
1) Never activate
2) Ask-to-Activate (like the old NoFlash plugin)
3) Always activate

  The settings can be different for each profile.  If you often visit a
site that requires flash, you can set up a separate profile for it, and
select option 3.  For other profiles, you can use options 1 and/or 2.

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Walter Dnes <waltdnes at waltdnes.org>



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