flash plugin from ubuntu (was: flashplugin-nonfree and latest Flash security updates)

From	Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.security
Subject	flash plugin from ubuntu (was: flashplugin-nonfree and latest Flash security updates)
Date	2016-08-03 23:20 +0200
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On Mittwoch, 3. August 2016 20:43:29 CEST Rob van der Putten wrote:
> You can download the plugin manually. For i396 it's;
> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/11.2.202.429/install_fl
> ash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz

An alternative that has worked quite well for me on some of my systems is to 
use the apt repository from ubuntu. It seems to get timely updates, canonical 
seems to have permission to distribute it, and it works just fine with jessie/
stretch/sid:

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ trusty partner

You need to import the key  into apt. It's 0x3B4FE6ACC0B21F32 and is also 
signed by Steve Langasek, whose key is in the debian-keyring package.

Maybe the flashplugin-nonfree package should even be replaced by a package that 
installs the ubuntu archive signing key, sets up the sources.list line, and 
tweaks the unattended-updates config to allow automatic updates from that repo. 
As an added benefit, you get a package for skype, too (and more).

Unfortunately, I don't have enough time to create such a package. Probably one 
should ask Ubuntu, too...

Cheers,
Stefan

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flashplugin-nonfree and latest Flash security updates "Darren S." <phatbuckett@gmail.com> - 2016-08-01 17:30 +0200
  Re: flashplugin-nonfree and latest Flash security updates Francesco Negri <francesconegri@gmail.com> - 2016-08-01 18:30 +0200
  RE: flashplugin-nonfree and latest Flash security updates Nick Boyce <nick@glimmer.demon.co.uk> - 2016-08-03 02:50 +0200
    Re: flashplugin-nonfree and latest Flash security updates Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2016-08-03 12:00 +0200
      Re: flashplugin-nonfree and latest Flash security updates Rob van der Putten <rob@sput.nl> - 2016-08-03 21:00 +0200
        flash plugin from ubuntu (was: flashplugin-nonfree and latest Flash security updates) Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de> - 2016-08-03 23:20 +0200
          Re: flash plugin from ubuntu (was: flashplugin-nonfree and latest  Flash security updates) Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2016-08-04 00:10 +0200
            Re: flash plugin from ubuntu (was: flashplugin-nonfree and latest  Flash security updates) "Luedtke, Nicholas (HPE Linux Security)" <nicholas.luedtke@hpe.com> - 2016-08-04 04:40 +0200
              Re: flash plugin from ubuntu (was: flashplugin-nonfree and latest Flash security updates) Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de> - 2016-08-04 22:20 +0200
        Re: flashplugin-nonfree and latest Flash security updates Jason Fergus <leech@thefnords.org> - 2016-08-05 17:00 +0200
      RE: flashplugin-nonfree and latest Flash security updates Nick Boyce <nick@glimmer.demon.co.uk> - 2016-08-04 04:20 +0200
    Re: flashplugin-nonfree and latest Flash security updates Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org> - 2016-08-03 21:10 +0200
      RE: flashplugin-nonfree and latest Flash security updates Nick Boyce <nick@glimmer.demon.co.uk> - 2016-08-04 04:30 +0200
        Re: flashplugin-nonfree and latest Flash security updates Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2016-08-04 08:20 +0200
  Re: flashplugin-nonfree and latest Flash security updates Bart Martens <bartm@debian.org> - 2016-08-04 01:00 +0200
    RE: flashplugin-nonfree and latest Flash security updates Nick Boyce <nick@glimmer.demon.co.uk> - 2016-08-04 04:50 +0200

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