flash plugin from ubuntu (was: flashplugin-nonfree and latest Flash security updates)

[Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>]

On Mittwoch, 3. August 2016 20:43:29 CEST Rob van der Putten wrote:
> You can download the plugin manually. For i396 it's;
> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/11.2.202.429/install_fl
> ash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz

An alternative that has worked quite well for me on some of my systems is to 
use the apt repository from ubuntu. It seems to get timely updates, canonical 
seems to have permission to distribute it, and it works just fine with jessie/
stretch/sid:

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ trusty partner

You need to import the key  into apt. It's 0x3B4FE6ACC0B21F32 and is also 
signed by Steve Langasek, whose key is in the debian-keyring package.

Maybe the flashplugin-nonfree package should even be replaced by a package that 
installs the ubuntu archive signing key, sets up the sources.list line, and 
tweaks the unattended-updates config to allow automatic updates from that repo. 
As an added benefit, you get a package for skype, too (and more).

Unfortunately, I don't have enough time to create such a package. Probably one 
should ask Ubuntu, too...

Cheers,
Stefan