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Chrome Linux 64-bit and Pepper Flash

Scary Beasts Security

Flash on Linux hasn't always been the best experience in the stability and security departments. Users of 64-bit Linux, in particular, have to put up with NSPluginWrapper , a technology which bridges a 64-bit browser process to the 32-bit Flash library. In terms of sandboxing, your distribution might slap a clunky SELinux or AppArmor policy on Flash, but it may or may not be on by default.