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joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 15 11:02 am Post subject:
The latest version of Flash (209) resolves these issues, we had a minor panic this morning about this very thing

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 15 12:06 pm Post subject:

i half suspect that the vulnerabilities of flash can only be exploited if general security is a bit slack.between spy block,avast pro,defender,ghosty,script blocker ,adblock ,malaware and avoiding the most "popular"themes the risk is fairly low(i hope)

using html5 has a good reputation so far

i spose such matters require adjustments most of which that lot will do before i know there was a risk

ps i still feel the need to use linux + a few clever filters and onion flavored stuff etc if im looking for the content of super injunctions etc etc and even that can take a bit of a zapping if the SI or whatever has high level backing.

most folk dont go to those lengths and get a problem from using "celebrity news",free software "specialist sites" etc etc .

back in the 1990's it was easy and moderately safe to visit almost anything with a phone line and pooter in the building

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8613
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 15 10:09 am Post subject:
I talked to a friend who is a security computer specialist for a council....he suggested Silverlight, and thought that some systems were going to stop supporting flash...mainly because of its security problems

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 15 10:31 am Post subject:

if your pooter still works after installing silverlight (it comes bundled with ms update stuff or it can be had a standalone download) it might be an option,for me it conflicts with both my os set up and with my multi layer security stuff.

it took me a few hours to discover why the thing was crashing and silverlight is now forbidden from installing itself

i suspect it works well on mainframe/workstation rigs and perhaps in modern ms os's with simple security stuff

it nearly replaced my pooter until i uninstalled it and everything worked properly again.

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 15 10:31 am Post subject:

gz wrote:

I talked to a friend who is a security computer specialist for a council....he suggested Silverlight, and thought that some systems were going to stop supporting flash...mainly because of its security problems

Silverlight isn't in anyway the same as Flash, it's a Microsoft proprietary product, it does a similar thing to Flash but it's not necessary anymore as we now have HTML5 and rich media built into the standard as native.

The main issue is that there are lots of Rich clients out there that use flash particularly in the financial industry and it's going to take time for it to die a death.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45500
Location: yes

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 15 10:50 am Post subject:
a bit like using a poundland lock to secure the bank vault

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8613
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Sat Jul 18, 15 9:36 am Post subject:

joanne wrote:

gz wrote:

So not using Microsoft, Silverlight wouldn't be an option for meanyway

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Sat Jul 18, 15 11:23 am Post subject:

gz wrote:

joanne wrote:

gz wrote:

So not using Microsoft, Silverlight wouldn't be an option for meanyway

A modern mainstream browser should be all that you need.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45500
Location: yes

Posted: Sat Jul 18, 15 1:18 pm Post subject:
the new firefoxes have the html5 option click on the red f on the apps bar and select html5

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8613
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 15 4:53 pm Post subject:
what does html5 mean?

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 15 5:23 pm Post subject:

gz wrote:

what does html5 mean?

Hyper Text Markup Language version 5 at a guess.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45500
Location: yes

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 15 7:22 pm Post subject:
and it supports a variety of media formats.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8613
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 15 9:23 pm Post subject:
So what exactly does it get used for? Simple Explanation needed

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 15 9:41 pm Post subject:

gz wrote:

So what exactly does it get used for? Simple Explanation needed

All web pages use HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) as the underlying page description language used to instruct the web browser on how to display the page.

HTML is standards based and early versions were only capable of doing very simple things. To make up for these short comings web browser vendors invented (notably Netscape and Microsoft) their own add-ons and features which weren't standards compliant but which allowed users to do things they otherwise couldn't. However, as these new features weren't standardised things got really bad resulting in notices on websites along the lines of "best viewed using xyx browser".

HTML 5 is the latest version of the HTML standards which are intended to be defacto but it won't be finished until 2022. However it does allows us to do the things that we previously needed plugins for such as playing audio files or video.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8613
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 15 9:38 am Post subject:
Thanks...thats got me on the way to understanding.

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