F15 : Flash not working on firefox 12

[JD]

On 05/12/2012 08:28 AM, Edik Landaveri wrote:
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 09:02:24PM -0400, David wrote:
>> On 5/11/2012 8:55 PM, Edik Landaveri wrote:
>> You do understand that the reason Flash gets updates is to patch
>> security holes and bugs?
>>
>> To go 'backwards' to solve a viewing problem opens you to those old
>> security attacks.
>>
>> Look for the solution and repair your problem. It is a really bad idea,
>> normally, to downgrade to an know bad application.
>>
>> -- 
>>
>>    David
> Yes but allowing the flash plugin to have text relocation is
> a potential security problem. Most libraries do not need this permission.
> Libraries are sometimes coded incorrectly --Thanks Adobe who no longer will maintain its
> linux releases except for Chrome.
>
> I rather trust my SELinux security context rather than an proprietary company :-<
>
Several years ago, AMD (and perhaps also Intel) introduced processors
that  prevented a program from modifying the text pages to thwart
exactly the kind of malware that did this.