Alan McKinnon wrote:
This will never change, because you can't pick up a turd by the clean end.
ROFLMBO That is so true.
I have to add. I subscribe to some service that emails security
problems, usually when they are fixed but anyway. I get a LOT of those
related to flash. If you don't want to believe me or Alan, this is what
is on the end of the emerge process:
WARN (postinst)
Flash player is closed-source, with a long history of security
issues. Please consider only running flash applets you know to
be safe. The 'flashblock' extension may help for mozilla users:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433
I have never got anything comet wouldn't get rid of but I have read the
same from numerous people. If they are only half right, it is still a
buggy piece of software.
I just wish there was a really good alternative that was secure. I
don't know of any tho.
Dale
:-) :-)
