On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Joel Rees <joel.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is not to be mean to the other users. It's to protect the other > users from the vulnerabilities in flash. If flash is installed > globally (the usual thing that happens when you use the rpm package), > all users become vulnerable. Including that administrator account that > you never use to get on the web, except to fedoraproject.org and other > places where you need to read the manuals, etc.
I don't think this is correct. Permissions for plugins are not setuid. So as long as the call to load the library is done as a regular user (as in, you don't surf the Internet as root), vulnerabilities in the plugin can _only_ affect the regular user. Please feel free to correct me if you think I am wrong. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- 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
