Flash repository (Re: Fedora Weekly News Issue 96)

[Kelson]

Thomas Chung wrote:
> === Flash Player Security Update ===
> 
> http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-12.html
> 
> Adobe released a new version of flash player last week.  The update in
> itself isn't terribly significant, but this brings up a great
> opportunity to stress the importance of not running Flash Player as a
> standalone plugin.  Firefox currently has the ability to magically
> install Flash Player if you visit a site that requires it, and you
> don't have it installed.  The problem with this installation method is
> that you will never get security updates for your local copy.  Fedora
> users should install flash from mplug.org here:
> http://macromedia.mplug.org/
> 
> This is a great service WarrenTogami provides.  As long as you rely on
> this yum repository for Flash Player, you should receive the necessary
> updates to keep your browser secure.

Actually, the mplug.org repository is no longer being updated.  Adobe is 
providing their own yum repository now.

 From the mplug.org website:

> This site used to host RPM and yum/apt repositories of Adobe Flash Player.
> Adobe has since taken over the job of RPM packaging and providing a yum
> repository.  Get the adobe-release package from Adobe to install
> their yum config and GPG key.
> 
> Existing users of this yum repository must migrate to Adobe's repository.
> This site will shut down in the near future.

So the advice is still valid -- use yum so you'll get updated 
automatically -- but the download site has changed.

-- 
Kelson Vibber
SpeedGate Communications <www.speed.net>