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=SECURITY WARNINGS= |
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Adobe Flash must be avoided. |
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* see [https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-05.html Adobe Security Bulletin APSA15-05] for a critical remote control vulnerability. No update will be available for XO-1, XO-1.75 or XO-4 laptops. |
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* see [https://theconversation.com/using-flash-is-like-leaving-your-home-doors-open-and-sending-invites-to-criminals-44741 Using Flash is like leaving your home doors open and sending invites to criminals] by David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice at University of Western Australia. |
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Adobe Flash has a proprietary license which prevents redistribution. |
Adobe Flash has a proprietary license which prevents redistribution. |
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Just add <code>adobe_flash</code> to |
Just add <code>adobe_flash</code> to your modules list: |
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cat <<EOF >> your.ini |
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[adobe_flash] |
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EOF |
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While Flash is available as a standard Fedora RPM distributed by Adobe, it breaks the rules of packaging. This means that it requires special support from this module. |
While Flash is available as a standard Fedora RPM distributed by Adobe, it breaks the rules of packaging. This means that it requires special support from this module. |
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See [http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/olpc-os-builder/plain/modules/adobe_flash/README modules/adobe_flash/README] in OS Builder for documentation. |
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See also [[Adobe Flash]] and especially the lack of support for XO-1. |
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Latest revision as of 02:23, 19 October 2015
SECURITY WARNINGS
Adobe Flash must be avoided.
- see Adobe Security Bulletin APSA15-05 for a critical remote control vulnerability. No update will be available for XO-1, XO-1.75 or XO-4 laptops.
- see Using Flash is like leaving your home doors open and sending invites to criminals by David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice at University of Western Australia.
LICENSE WARNING
Adobe Flash has a proprietary license which prevents redistribution. It will be in violation of the license to distribute your resultant build unless you have received special permission from Adobe.
You can request such permission on the Adobe website.
Add it
Just add adobe_flash to your modules list:
cat <<EOF >> your.ini [adobe_flash] EOF
While Flash is available as a standard Fedora RPM distributed by Adobe, it breaks the rules of packaging. This means that it requires special support from this module.
See modules/adobe_flash/README in OS Builder for documentation.
See also Adobe Flash and especially the lack of support for XO-1.