Comments on: Serious Real Player Security Vulnerability Found

By: Matt Spragins

Matt Spragins — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:46:42 +0000

Here is the correct link to our Blog;

Sorry for any confusion.

Matt Spragins
Real Networks

By: Matt Spragins

Matt Spragins — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:52:47 +0000

RealNetworks has issued a patch for this vulnerability that users can download here - http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/191007_player/en/

For more information about these patches and how the new RealPlayer has been improved, please visit the RealPlayer blog at http://www.realplayer.com/blog.

Matt Spragins
Real Networks

By: Of Zen and Computing

Of Zen and Computing — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:30:23 +0000

Thanks - I appreciate a good debate! Why can’t the rest of the world be so civil?

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:39:08 +0000

Ok, cool. I respect your opinions.

I agree with you. I still personally prefer IE7, but I can see why FF users love their Firefox.

By: Of Zen and Computing

Of Zen and Computing — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:18:39 +0000

“Who even uses Real Player”

I hear you there. I’ve never liked the program and haven’t used it for many years. Ultimately though people still use it and this was meant to be an informational post, so I omitted my two cents.

“And Firefox being an alternative to IE? Please.”

Firefox is very much so an alternative to IE. IE 7 is a big improvement over 6, but it’s still just playing catch-up to many of the features Firefox has used to lure users away. Plus, Firefox is cross-platform, which is a major draw for people such as myself who use different operating systems over the course of a day.

Speaking of Firefox’s features, one that IE still has not been able to compete with is the level of customization that’s possible with Firefox. The various browser extensions and Greasemonkey scripts really make Firefox a winner.

If people like Jeffrey Zeldman & the Web Standards Project, along with software like Opera, Firefox and Netscape 6 hadn’t forced Microsoft to take web standards seriously, who knows where IE would have taken the web?

Firefox persuaded me to dump IE 6 in the same way that IE 5 won me over from Netscape. Use the best tool for the job, and at this point in time I like Firefox. So do many other people - the numbers alone prove that it’s a contender.

I do agree with you on the memory issue though - Firefox can be a real hog!

By: Real Player Security Vulnerability Patched

Real Player Security Vulnerability Patched — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:07:15 +0000

[...] The Real Player security vulnerability that we reported yesterday has been addressed by the folks at Real, who have released a patch to fix the issue. [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:02:46 +0000

Who even uses Real Player? I’ve heard that it kind of sucks. I mean if you really want a real alternative to WMP (or couldn’t upgrade to version 11), then WinAmp is the one.

And Firefox being an alternative to IE? Please. Obviously people haven’t even tried IE7 to see that it work just as well and even better with tons of security features, and sites still work crisp on IE compared to Firefox. Plus it’s not a memory hog.

If you want an alternative, go to Opera. That’s the one. Speedy and it just works.

Wanted to put some input on that.