On Linux, the NPAPI plug-in is stuck at 11.2 while the current version of Flash is 14.ĭoes This Mean Flash for Firefox is Insecure?Īdobe notes they’re continuing to provide security updates for Flash 11.2 on Linux, but they’re only actively developing the Pepper Flash plug-in for Linux. On Windows and Mac OS X, Adobe is continuing to develop the NPAPI version of Flash used by Firefox and other browsers. Adobe signed on, and the Flash Plugin distributed with Chrome - on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X - uses Pepper instead of NPAPI. In 2013, Google announced their intention to remove NPAPI support from Chrome because “NPAPI’s 90s-era architecture has become a leading cause of hangs, crashes, security incidents, and code complexity.” They’ve replaced NPAPI with Pepper, also known as PPAPI. NPAPI was originally developed for Netscape - NPAPI stands for “Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface.” It became the standard plug-in architecture that all non-Internet-Explorer browsers used.īut NPAPI is very old. ![]() ![]() Other browsers on all operating systems - Firefox, Safari, and even Chrome until recently - use the NPAPI framework. Internet Explorer on Windows uses ActiveX plugins. Web browsers use different types of plug-ins. In 2012, Adobe announced they would no longer developing the NPAPI plug-in for Linux, but they would continue developing the Pepper-based Flash plug-in used in Chrome. ![]() RELATED: Why Browser Plug-Ins Are Going Away and What's Replacing Them
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