Re: F15 : Flash not working on firefox 12

[Edik Landaveri <elwanka@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 09:02:24PM -0400, David wrote:
> On 5/11/2012 8:55 PM, Edik Landaveri wrote:

> You do understand that the reason Flash gets updates is to patch
> security holes and bugs?
> 
> To go 'backwards' to solve a viewing problem opens you to those old
> security attacks.
> 
> Look for the solution and repair your problem. It is a really bad idea,
> normally, to downgrade to an know bad application.
> 
> -- 
> 
>   David

Yes but allowing the flash plugin to have text relocation is
a potential security problem. Most libraries do not need this permission.
Libraries are sometimes coded incorrectly --Thanks Adobe who no longer will maintain its
linux releases except for Chrome. 

I rather trust my SELinux security context rather than an proprietary company :-<

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