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Finally, something that works on flash in linux! I jest, but flash is the perfect target if you want to hit multiple OS's. Doesn't mean the malware authors wi

Finally, something that works on flash in linux! I jest, but flash is the perfect target if you want to hit multiple OS's. Doesn't mean the malware authors will actually develop exploits/malcode for multiple OS's though.

jakevoytko 16y ago
Viruses that target multiple machines may not be as ridiculous as they sound. At least one researcher has a proof-of-concept that works on multiple platforms: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2001/03/42672 http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2001/03/42672 As an aside, the alpha releases for Flash on Linux are surprisingly stable. The "gray rectangle" problem appears to be solved, which was the worst part of Flash on Linux in years past. Video streaming works well, but animations flicker and tear, so most online games are still unplayable.
- TallGuyShort 16y ago
  Thanks for that link - I'm enjoying the article. I'm surprised to be reading so much talk about Flash not working very well on Linux. I'm using Fedora 13 (previously Ubuntu) on an extremely low-performance machine, and I haven't seen any problems in a very long time (at least a year). Video's, games, etc... all seem to work fine, and I generally pay a lot of attention to the Flash player because I'm a flex developer. The only time I struggle is when I watch HD video, but that's to be expected on my machine even if I'm watching a DVD.
  - pmjordan 16y ago
    Yeah, I haven't encountered much in the way of compatibility problems since 10.0 was released. (I'm on OpenSUSE x86-64.) It does have a habit of crashing and/or freezing for some time, I get the impression the latter is connected to sound (ALSA). Modern browsers survive the former quite well, luckily, and everything but Firefox recovers from the latter quickly, too. One thing that seems to reliably fail is full-screen video, though.

jakevoytko 16y ago

Viruses that target multiple machines may not be as ridiculous as they sound. At least one researcher has a proof-of-concept that works on multiple platforms: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2001/03/42672 http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2001/03/42672 As an aside, the alpha releases for Flash on Linux are surprisingly stable. The "gray rectangle" problem appears to be solved, which was the worst part of Flash on Linux in years past. Video streaming works well, but animations flicker and tear, so most online games are still unplayable.

TallGuyShort 16y ago
Thanks for that link - I'm enjoying the article. I'm surprised to be reading so much talk about Flash not working very well on Linux. I'm using Fedora 13 (previously Ubuntu) on an extremely low-performance machine, and I haven't seen any problems in a very long time (at least a year). Video's, games, etc... all seem to work fine, and I generally pay a lot of attention to the Flash player because I'm a flex developer. The only time I struggle is when I watch HD video, but that's to be expected on my machine even if I'm watching a DVD.
- pmjordan 16y ago
  Yeah, I haven't encountered much in the way of compatibility problems since 10.0 was released. (I'm on OpenSUSE x86-64.) It does have a habit of crashing and/or freezing for some time, I get the impression the latter is connected to sound (ALSA). Modern browsers survive the former quite well, luckily, and everything but Firefox recovers from the latter quickly, too. One thing that seems to reliably fail is full-screen video, though.