Bug 187551 - Add SafePeer and RSS Feed plugins to azureus
Summary: Add SafePeer and RSS Feed plugins to azureus
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Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: azureus
Version: 5
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anthony Green
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-03-31 21:05 UTC by Brian G. Anderson
Modified: 2008-08-02 23:40 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2008-01-28 18:49:41 UTC
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Description Brian G. Anderson 2006-03-31 21:05:24 UTC
Description of problem:
Pluging support is disabled in azureus.  Plugins are what make azureus so
popular.  Eclipse has solved this problem by having user plugins.  Perhaps
azureus could provide a similar solution.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
azureus-2.4.0.0-0.20060209cvs_1.fc5


How reproducible:
always


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Additional info:
There is already a newer version of Azureus out: 2.4.0.2.

Comment 1 Anthony Green 2006-04-02 04:10:49 UTC
(In reply to comment #0)
> Description of problem:
> Pluging support is disabled in azureus.  Plugins are what make azureus so
> popular.  Eclipse has solved this problem by having user plugins.  Perhaps
> azureus could provide a similar solution.

The current update/plugin implementation in the upstream Azureus has security
problems.

For instance, the implementation of shared plugins is dangerous for multi-user
systems.  Azureus' current implementation has it so I can install a plugin and
every other user on the system will end up running it.  No special permissions
are needed to install plugins.  This is a real security problem.

Also, AFAIK, updates and plugin jars aren't signed, so there's no telling what
exactly you'll end up running.

After some discussion with others, I decided to disable Azureus' updating
mechanism, and to prevent casual users from installing their own plugins.  I've
also bundled a couple of popular plugins with Azureus.   I can add more if
people ask for specific plugins.


Comment 2 Brian G. Anderson 2006-04-02 06:19:40 UTC
Well it would be nice if SafePeer and RSS Feed were included.

Comment 3 Anthony Green 2006-04-02 16:43:54 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> Well it would be nice if SafePeer and RSS Feed were included.

Ok, I'll do that.  Thanks!


Comment 4 Brian G. Anderson 2006-07-25 22:51:14 UTC
What's the status of adding SafePeer and RSS Feed to Azureus in extras?  These
are the two very useful plugins.

Comment 5 Kyrre Ness Sjøbæk 2006-08-22 21:09:34 UTC
But you can install plugins by putting the jar's etc in .azureus/plugins/

Comment 6 Anthony Green 2006-09-03 14:04:58 UTC
I'm having trouble finding source code for an RSS feed plugin that doesn't
require jdk 1.5 to build.  Any pointers?


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