14 DAY TRIAL // On the Adobe Secure Software Engineering Team (ASSET) blog, Peleus Uhley, Platform Security Strategist, is proud to announce that Flash Player is now sandboxed in Safari on OS X Mavericks.
What this means for you is a safer experience against malware and poorly written code which, until now, would take the entire browser down with it.
According to Uhley, “Flash Player’s capabilities to read and write files will be limited to only those locations it needs to function properly. The sandbox also limits Flash Player’s local connections to device resources and inter-process communication (IPC) channels. Finally, the sandbox limits Flash Player’s networking privileges to prevent unnecessary connection capabilities.”
What this amounts to is the ability to continue to enjoy Flash-based content in Safari, all while benefiting from security protection.
Adobe says it couldn’t have done it without Apple: “We’d like to thank the Apple security team for working with us to deliver this solution.”
Keep in mind that the sandboxing thing is available only in Safari 7.0 on OS X Mavericks. If you’re using Safari 6 or Safari 5 on an older Mac OS version and would like to benefit from these new perks, go ahead and upgrade to Mavericks. It’s free!