Re: [gentoo-user] chrome and everything

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

On Saturday 25 June 2011 14:39:40 Dale did opine thusly:
> Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > Well there's a few options:
> > 
> > Adobe could publish the entire Flash spec so that projects like
> > gnash could implement them fully
> > 
> > or the web could largely use something else instead like HTML5
> > 
> > Both options are unlikely, more's the pity
> 
> I know HTML5 is a ways off but I'm hoping it will improve things.
> Internet security seems to be a bit of a problem lately.  Banks and
> such getting hacked is not good.  Either the hackers are getting
> better or some security people ain't getting the job done.

The only significant change is that folks like LuzSec are now looking 
in places they did not look in before. The software they find is just 
as good-awful shit quality as it has always been.

> I
> figure some of both.  Add in that hackers seem to be doing things
> in groups, finding a hole is not as hard to do.  I think that is
> also one reason Linux is as secure as it is.  There are lots of
> people looking at source code so finding problems are happening all
> the time.  I also think Linux folks jump on problems and get them
> fixed quicker too.
> 
> I guess Adobe is going to be a weak spot for a good long while. 
> That's not good for Linux, M$ or Macs either I guess.
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-)
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