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 in the wild against both Adobe Flash Player, and Adobe Reader and > Acrobat." > > I'm not sure I'd have such a caviler attitude toward it as you. > > [1]http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-01.html > [2]http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1297 > Thanks for the concern Chris. My only use for flash is youtube and maybe a few more well reputed mainstream websites/services. I don't want to end up with an unstable FF as its a major part of almost everything I do. And my previous experiences with nsplugin-wrapper have been _very_ bad. 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) -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
