I'll second that. Adobe Flash and Shockwave players, Reader, Pro, etc. have become increasingly important to keep up to date and also increasingly difficult. (Heck, Cold Fusion is no cake walk either to install or maintain.) After installing the latest and greatest Flash or Shockwave player its common place for websites hosting Flash content to claim you need to "upgrade". I don't know what is going on with those coding Flash and its ability/inability to handle accurate version detection. Something is out of whack.
This past week Adobe finally released the current "patched' version of Shockwave player in *.msi format, one week after announcing there were vulnerabilities in earlier versions and only releasing the single instance web-based install and the *.exe version both containing an opt-out Google Toolbar which is unsuitable for enterprise deployment.
Having fought with past versions of Adobe Pro and Reader corrupting reg keys and/or file permissions and thereby complicating maintenance of those apps my patience is thin. I wish my Agency would seriously consider alternatives.
Now that these plug-ins have been and are getting targeted for exploits more frequently its all the more important to have rapid releases, robust upgrade paths and mechanisms in place. Based on my experience with this vendor so far I will be surprised if they are up to it.
Sorry to rant but I am beyond paranoid myself.
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