2010/12/8 Daniel J Walsh <dwa...@redhat.com> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 12/08/2010 07:00 AM, Tim wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 01:51 -0800, S Mathias wrote: > >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Flash > >> > >> Theres no exact documentation for Fedora 14. So I went to: > >> > >> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ > >> > >> Selected YUM for Linux, but then i saw: > >> > >> "You may have to temporarily disable your antivirus software." > >> > >> WHY? Why does a closed source app want a thing like that? Is it doing > >> something "bad" to my pc? Ok. > > > > You see that sort of generic warning all over the place. It's generally > > a Windows problem where some software will be falsely detected as a > > virus, or some protective software will prevent the installation of new > > software as a general precaution. > > > > I've always read such warnings as, first just try installing. And if > > the installation fails, you may have to make allowances for the install > > to proceed. > > > > It's similar to the "turn off your firewall" dumb instruction, rather > > than "reconfigure your firewall." > > > >> So i installed Gnash. "Solved"... > > > > Until you come across some site that will only work with the Adobe flash > > software... Annoying, I know. But if you come across a Flash site that > > doesn't work, that's one thing you're going to have to investigate. > > > >> > >> 3 - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12714/ force-tls > >> Does this plugin work? E.g.: facebook could be "always" https, but > >> with this plugin, it just uses http. > >> On a machine with windows xp/chromium/enforce ssl plugin facebook is > >> always "https" - just an example. > >> Are there any Firefox plugins, that "enforce" SSL, if there any? > > > > I hope you're aware that you can only try to use SSL (HTTPS) where it's > > available. Not all services/sites are available over both HTTP and > > HTTPS. And as you move through a site, they may bounce you from one > > protocol to the other. Trying to force something the site didn't intend > > could cause you problems. It certainly causes more work for both sides > > of the communication. > >> > >> 5 - I read about SELinux. But what is the "best practise" / > >> suggestion, where can i learn about it, how to use it, configure, > >> etc. :O > > > > No easy answer to that. Though best answer might be do not turn off > > just for the sake of "can't be bothered to configure it, or can't be > > stuffed debugging problems." Turning it off, or putting it into > > "permissive" (stop nothing, merely log problems), is never *solving* a > > SELinux problem. > > > Try these documents. > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/selinux-user-guide/f12/en-US/ > > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/selinux-managing-confined-services-guide/en-US/F11/html/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkz/1K0ACgkQrlYvE4MpobOmMACgq/6PLSzsFCdboDIVKn69Je1K > dJ8AoLKBlhMKJxAOJg5i26OnD5fMq4hJ > =HkZk > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >
Answers: 1.- As root, enable both the RPMFusion and the Adobe repositories with: su -c 'yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm ' and rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm Then, install flash player with: sudo yum -y install flash-plugin 2.- Download and install Google Chrome, refer to: http://www.google.com/chrome (Chrome also has flash-player pre-installed) 3.- just tipe https: at the begining of the URL you're about to visit O.o 4.- At the Fedora Wiki: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Project_Wiki or come and visit my blog at: http://www.blogxenode,tk/ I'll always be there for all the fedora users :) 5.- You don't have to do anything with SELinux, just let it be :) Greetings! -- <-Manuel Escudero-> Linux User #509052 @GWave: jmlev...@googlewave.com @Blogger: http://www.blogxenode.tk/ (Xenode Systems Blog) PGP/GnuPG: DAE3 82E9 D68E 7AE4 ED31 1F8F 4AF4 D00C 50E7 ABC6
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