On 04/11/09 20:57, Rajko M. wrote:
On Monday 02 November 2009 23:53:14 Basil Chupin wrote:
Firstly, you should be running Firefox.
Secondly, in Firefox install the following Extensions:
* Adblock
* Flashblock
* NoScript
* Perspectives.
No trust in Adobe, but trust in 4 other vendors? :)
Individuals have been writing the extensions/themes for Mozilla Firefox for some years now. Mozilla is put out as opensource. How many "vendors" write applications for openSUSE which are included in openSUSE without qualifications as part of the "Build Service" and for which Novell takes no responsibility?
Read carefully what they are about when you are configuring these extensions and configure to suit your needs.
If we would read carefully what is Flash on Adobe web site then this whole thread would not exist, at least the parts about Adobe allowing hideous, not documented, not warranted files on our computers, but we don't.
If... However, why don't those vendors simply disallow such "hideous....not warranted files.." in the first instance? Why code their applications to allow this and then leave the users to work out how to protect themselves from these "backdoors" [my term, by way of a quick description]?
as root REMOVE 'write' and 'execute' privileges for ~/.macromedia
While "as root" sounds like a serious business, files are still in user possession (tilde in ~/.macromedia, tells me that it is in user directory) and Flash can change permissions, as it is run by the user.
Ce? While the user has possession of the .macromedia directory Flash cannot write to this directory. I've tried this out last night on several sites. Perhaps it is because I am using Firefox and have the above mentioned extensions installed? Or is it perhaps that the security in Linux does not allow any permissions to be altered by a user but only by root? BC -- Never run yourself down - let other people do it for you. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org