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[opensuse] REPOST: Most interesting...and possibly disturbing about Flash (and Firefox)?
- From: Basil Chupin <blchupin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:43:49 +1100
- Message-id: <4B1F5535.5000504@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Seeing as how a message I posted on 22 November has had no responses I
thought I would post it again in to see if this time there may be
someone who could comment on its contents.
I've been using Firefox for some years. In recent years , when they
became available, I've been using a variety of Extensions as 'security
measures' - for example NoScript, AdBlock, etc.
Recently there was a question raised by (?)..... concerning Adobe's
Flash - and a, brief, discussion on the security problem posed by Flash
ensued; this flowed on to the general question of how secure Linux/Linux
distros was/were when it was mentioned that permissions could be altered
by applications even within a normal user's home directory. However,
this matter was not really properly answered, and not pursued further.
Just a few minutes ago I was using Firefox and went to one (of many such
sites) for which I have NoScript disallow javascript but, after
deliberately allowing javascript for the site and its associated sites
(eg, YouTube also wants you to allow javascript for ytimg.com), I can
carry on and view any video-related material.
OK, with YouTube, as one example, after I get to the point of clicking
on the ">" to play the video, I usually also get another request from
NoScript to allow "something" to be able to continue to view the video.
In the past I automatically, and in an irritated state, clicked, "YES",
to simply get on and view the video.
But just now I had a closer look at what I had previously been simply
accepting without paying any attention to it.
What the last "warning" which NoScript was asking me to allow was,
"Allow about:blank" - which I was always in the past auto. accepted.
I know what "about:plugins" and "about:config" show when I type these in
the URL window in Firefox. But "about:blank"?
This time I typed in "about:blank" in the URL windows.....and got,
"Search Bookmarks and History".
Now, as everyone who knows me, I am not a paranoid person ("In a pig's
bum I'm not!") so what is this all about?
BC
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thought I would post it again in to see if this time there may be
someone who could comment on its contents.
I've been using Firefox for some years. In recent years , when they
became available, I've been using a variety of Extensions as 'security
measures' - for example NoScript, AdBlock, etc.
Recently there was a question raised by (?)..... concerning Adobe's
Flash - and a, brief, discussion on the security problem posed by Flash
ensued; this flowed on to the general question of how secure Linux/Linux
distros was/were when it was mentioned that permissions could be altered
by applications even within a normal user's home directory. However,
this matter was not really properly answered, and not pursued further.
Just a few minutes ago I was using Firefox and went to one (of many such
sites) for which I have NoScript disallow javascript but, after
deliberately allowing javascript for the site and its associated sites
(eg, YouTube also wants you to allow javascript for ytimg.com), I can
carry on and view any video-related material.
OK, with YouTube, as one example, after I get to the point of clicking
on the ">" to play the video, I usually also get another request from
NoScript to allow "something" to be able to continue to view the video.
In the past I automatically, and in an irritated state, clicked, "YES",
to simply get on and view the video.
But just now I had a closer look at what I had previously been simply
accepting without paying any attention to it.
What the last "warning" which NoScript was asking me to allow was,
"Allow about:blank" - which I was always in the past auto. accepted.
I know what "about:plugins" and "about:config" show when I type these in
the URL window in Firefox. But "about:blank"?
This time I typed in "about:blank" in the URL windows.....and got,
"Search Bookmarks and History".
Now, as everyone who knows me, I am not a paranoid person ("In a pig's
bum I'm not!") so what is this all about?
BC
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