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Flash is awful, but Firefox and the other browsers don't exactly have a great track record on security either. The less code and business built-in to the brows
by nfoz 13y ago
Flash is awful, but Firefox and the other browsers don't exactly have a great track record on security either. The less code and business built-in to the browser, the better its security.
- potatolicious 13y agoFlash's security track record is still far, far behind Mozilla's. There aren't that many runtimes in the world that find themselves in a position to be constantly scrambling to patch egregious 0-day exploits, but somehow Flash managers. Firefox is to Flash like a solid wooden door is to a screen door. Even if it isn't bulletproof, it's still a huge improvement over the status quo. And keep in mind this solution precisely fits your desires: "less code and business built-in to the browser". This Flash player runs directly on top of the existing sandbox and does not create yet-another-special-case-for-native-code. It introduces little to no additional attack surface area.