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Re: Packages that download/install unsecured files



<calestyo@scientia.net> writes:

> Yes true,.. for firefox this is (IMHO) a very big problem,.. many
> plugins out there,.. lots of them are not open source at all, the update
> goes often via the upstream website (AFAIK) and not via
> addons.mozilla.org..  So the ideal way for FF plugins is to have them
> packaged.

Many of those updates are insanely volatile, though.  Things like NoScript
change constantly.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>


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