I hope it's secure [LWN.net]

I hope it's secure

Posted Dec 2, 2011 13:01 UTC (Fri) by flammon (guest, #807)
In reply to: I hope it's secure by ovitters
Parent article: extensions.gnome.org launches

This plugin, like any other plugin I suppose, needs to be bullet proof then. Adobe has had a heck of a time keeping their plugins secure.

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/#flashplayer

I'm sure the developers have seen The Matrix so they're familiar with what happens when a door to the Real World opens.

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I hope it's secure

Posted Dec 5, 2011 13:22 UTC (Mon) by hnsr (guest, #78227) [Link]

Well.. the Adobe Flash plugin can be used on any website. If I understand correctly this plugin only works for extensions.gnome.org over https. While that is still not bulletproof (considering false certificates can be issued by compromised CAs), it seems much different than the position the flash plugin is in.