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RE: flashplugin-nonfree and latest Flash security updates

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On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 17:55:43 +0800
Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 8:29 AM, Nick Boyce wrote:
[snip] 
> > I realise the nonfree plugin is not really supported, but ...
> > assuming Bart is MIA for some reason, is it possible for the
> > Security Team to either fix the update, or to make an announcement
> > that all Debian users should stop using the Adobe player
> > immediately ?  
> 
> I'm not part of the team, but I do know that contrib and non-free are
> not supported by the Debian security team, so they are unlikely to
> make any fixes nor announcements.
> 
> https://www.debian.org/security/faq#contrib

Thanks. Link read, point taken (although the link does imply the
Security Team will sometimes make appropriate announcements about such
unsupported packages).

> I'd encourage everyone reading this list to use this opportunity
> transition away from using the Adobe Flash player. Most of the web
> should support standard HTML5 by now

I'd love to.  Actually I have removed Flash from almost all my systems
now because, as you say, most sites have introduced HTML5
replacements [*].  I have just one use-case left: for some reason the
BBC News website still requires Flash to show news video clips, although
all other BBC properties seem to have an HTML5 alternative, even if
still beta.  I have a throwaway Debian VM for that purpose, and would
like to use Flash in it for as long as the need remains.

[*] of course, some observers are wondering what new security hell may
be delivered along with HTML5 media players, but that's another
conversation about which I have no personal opinion :-)

Cheers,
Nick
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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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