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On Saturday 25 June 2011 14:39:40 Dale did opine thusly: |
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> Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > Well there's a few options: |
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> > Adobe could publish the entire Flash spec so that projects like |
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> > gnash could implement them fully |
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> > or the web could largely use something else instead like HTML5 |
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> > Both options are unlikely, more's the pity |
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> I know HTML5 is a ways off but I'm hoping it will improve things. |
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> Internet security seems to be a bit of a problem lately. Banks and |
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> such getting hacked is not good. Either the hackers are getting |
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> better or some security people ain't getting the job done. |
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The only significant change is that folks like LuzSec are now looking |
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in places they did not look in before. The software they find is just |
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as good-awful shit quality as it has always been. |
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> I |
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> figure some of both. Add in that hackers seem to be doing things |
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> in groups, finding a hole is not as hard to do. I think that is |
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> also one reason Linux is as secure as it is. There are lots of |
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> people looking at source code so finding problems are happening all |
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> the time. I also think Linux folks jump on problems and get them |
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> fixed quicker too. |
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> I guess Adobe is going to be a weak spot for a good long while. |
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> That's not good for Linux, M$ or Macs either I guess. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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