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==Security, lack thereof==
==Security, lack thereof==
* [http://www.matasano.com/log/1032/this-new-vulnerability-dowds-inhuman-flash-exploit/ Matasano Chargen's] review of Mark Dowd's [http://documents.iss.net/whitepapers/IBM_X-Force_WP_final.pdf X-Force writeup], written 2008-04-15
* [http://chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2007/7/3/this-new-vulnerability-dowds-inhuman-flash-exploit.html Matasano Chargen's] review of Mark Dowd's [http://documents.iss.net/whitepapers/IBM_X-Force_WP_final.pdf X-Force writeup], written 2008-04-15
* [http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2008/05/27/flash-player-exploit-update/ McAfee Avert Labs'] update to [http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2008/05/27/newsflash-flash-player-blight/ this] 2008-05-27 post.
* [http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2008/05/27/flash-player-exploit-update/ McAfee Avert Labs'] update to [http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2008/05/27/newsflash-flash-player-blight/ this] 2008-05-27 post.

Latest revision as of 04:41, 9 January 2010

What an annoyance. Since its inception as Macromedia Flash in 1996 and subsequent sponsorship by closed-source counterrevolutionaries Adobe, Flash has represented a blight, a parasite which converts bandwidth and attention into broken web pages, security holes and entropy.

64-bit Linux

  • Heavens be semi-praised, there's a closed alpha build of 64-bit flash.
    • New release as of 2008-12-16. Dank 23:38, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Security, lack thereof