-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/08/2010 07:00 AM, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 01:51 -0800, S Mathias wrote: >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Flash >> >> Theres no exact documentation for Fedora 14. So I went to: >> >> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ >> >> Selected YUM for Linux, but then i saw: >> >> "You may have to temporarily disable your antivirus software." >> >> WHY? Why does a closed source app want a thing like that? Is it doing >> something "bad" to my pc? Ok. > > You see that sort of generic warning all over the place. It's generally > a Windows problem where some software will be falsely detected as a > virus, or some protective software will prevent the installation of new > software as a general precaution. > > I've always read such warnings as, first just try installing. And if > the installation fails, you may have to make allowances for the install > to proceed. > > It's similar to the "turn off your firewall" dumb instruction, rather > than "reconfigure your firewall." > >> So i installed Gnash. "Solved"... > > Until you come across some site that will only work with the Adobe flash > software... Annoying, I know. But if you come across a Flash site that > doesn't work, that's one thing you're going to have to investigate. > >> >> 3 - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12714/ force-tls >> Does this plugin work? E.g.: facebook could be "always" https, but >> with this plugin, it just uses http. >> On a machine with windows xp/chromium/enforce ssl plugin facebook is >> always "https" - just an example. >> Are there any Firefox plugins, that "enforce" SSL, if there any? > > I hope you're aware that you can only try to use SSL (HTTPS) where it's > available. Not all services/sites are available over both HTTP and > HTTPS. And as you move through a site, they may bounce you from one > protocol to the other. Trying to force something the site didn't intend > could cause you problems. It certainly causes more work for both sides > of the communication. >> >> 5 - I read about SELinux. But what is the "best practise" / >> suggestion, where can i learn about it, how to use it, configure, >> etc. :O > > No easy answer to that. Though best answer might be do not turn off > just for the sake of "can't be bothered to configure it, or can't be > stuffed debugging problems." Turning it off, or putting it into > "permissive" (stop nothing, merely log problems), is never *solving* a > SELinux problem. > Try these documents. http://docs.fedoraproject.org/selinux-user-guide/f12/en-US/ http://docs.fedoraproject.org/selinux-managing-confined-services-guide/en-US/F11/html/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkz/1K0ACgkQrlYvE4MpobOmMACgq/6PLSzsFCdboDIVKn69Je1K dJ8AoLKBlhMKJxAOJg5i26OnD5fMq4hJ =HkZk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
