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December 29, 2020
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NECESIDAD DE ADOBE FLASH PLAYER

  • December 29, 2020
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A partir de principios del año que viene necesito que mi pcs sigan teniendo el funcionamiento de Adobe Flash garantizado ya que nos es necesario para el funcionamiento diario de uno de los servicios a los que realizo. Y utilizo chrome que podria hacer en este caso? Alguna alternativa? o puedo seguir utilizando adobe flash el proximo año tambien?

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Correct answer jeromie_adobe

Future updates to Google Chrome will remove support for browser plug-ins entirely, and remove the bundled version of Flash Player.

 

In addition, Flash Player itself will stop loading content from the open web in a few days.  You'll need to explicitly allow whatever content you need to use (see the Enterprise FAQ that Maria referenced above). 

 

The enterprise enablement section of the Administrator's guide describes how to manage this: 

https://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/flash_player_admin_guide.html

 

Deploying the Flash Player config file (mms.cfg) is more complicated in Chrome than other browsers.  If it was me, I'd be looking at using either the Firefox ESR, which will continue to have browser plug-in support for a few months, or probably Internet Explorer. 

 

If you need to provide this service to a large number of internal clients, you might want to think about licensing and deploying a maintained version of Flash Player to your clients until you can migrate, or coming up with something more contained and secure, like an ephemeral Citrix host with a known-good OS and browser configuration that can be run on modern, patched clients.

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jeromie_adobeCorrect answer
Adobe Employee
January 4, 2021

Future updates to Google Chrome will remove support for browser plug-ins entirely, and remove the bundled version of Flash Player.

 

In addition, Flash Player itself will stop loading content from the open web in a few days.  You'll need to explicitly allow whatever content you need to use (see the Enterprise FAQ that Maria referenced above). 

 

The enterprise enablement section of the Administrator's guide describes how to manage this: 

https://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/flash_player_admin_guide.html

 

Deploying the Flash Player config file (mms.cfg) is more complicated in Chrome than other browsers.  If it was me, I'd be looking at using either the Firefox ESR, which will continue to have browser plug-in support for a few months, or probably Internet Explorer. 

 

If you need to provide this service to a large number of internal clients, you might want to think about licensing and deploying a maintained version of Flash Player to your clients until you can migrate, or coming up with something more contained and secure, like an ephemeral Citrix host with a known-good OS and browser configuration that can be run on modern, patched clients.

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Community Manager
December 30, 2020
Nancy OShea
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Community Expert
December 30, 2020

Hi @Natalia5E11,

You won't like my answer. Flash Player will be deactivated soon by your operating system and browsers regardless. Also Adobe will block Flash content on Jan 12th.  This means local and online Flash content will no longer work.

 

Flash content creators had 3 years to prepare for this. The official Flash EOL announcement is posted below:

https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html

 

Contact Adobe's partner, Harmon to see if they can help you.

https://services.harman.com/partners/adobe

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
December 30, 2020

You keep saying there is nothing to be done. With a swf file and a standalone player most swf files can still be played. There are many free non-adobe standalone players both for desktop and mobile. This is certainly worth knowing. One might cite security issues but such is a risk in all things.

 

As for sites playing flash they caan use ruffle as seen on ruffle.rs or on their github page.

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 30, 2020

Do whatever you think best.

  • I don't know anyone who still creates Flash content anymore because that's a road to nowhere.
  • Animate CC uses non-Flash technologies that don't require special plugins or players. 
  • Personally, I haven't needed Flash Player for more than 2 years. I uninstalled it a long time ago and never looked back.

 

Good luck in 2021!

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert