[virt-tools-list] [PATCH virt-viewer] Delete browser plugin entirely

Richard W.M. Jones rjones at redhat.com
Wed Mar 6 11:27:30 UTC 2013


On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 03:39:18PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange at redhat.com>
> 
> The browser plugin code has been effectively unmaintained since
> the day it was merged. There has always been a caveat that the
> code has not been properly audited to ensure it is secure, and
> being unmaintained doesn't give a warm secure feeling. These
> days there are better solutions for the browser which are pure
> HTML5 code, noVNC and SPICE-HTML5.

ACK.  Never worked very well anyhow.

Rich.

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