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

From	Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.security
Subject	Re: flash plugin from ubuntu (was: flashplugin-nonfree and latest Flash security updates)
Date	2016-08-04 22:20 +0200
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On Mittwoch, 3. August 2016 22:55:25 CEST Luedtke, Nicholas (HPE Linux 
Security) wrote:
> This sounds like a bad idea and if done needs to be accompanied by a lot of
> documentation.

Why? It's certainly less of a security hazard than the current flashplugin-
nonfree package.

> 
> -Nicholas
> ________________________________
> From: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 4:03:32 PM
> To: debian-security@lists.debian.org
> Cc: Bart Martens
> Subject: Re: flash plugin from ubuntu (was: flashplugin-nonfree and latest
> Flash security updates)
> On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 10:46:33PM +0200, Stefan Fritsch wrote:
> > 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.
> please, no.
> 
> 
> --
> cheers,
>         Holger

Thread

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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