[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC][PATCH] configure: Disable unsafe demuxers by default

Derek Buitenhuis derek.buitenhuis at gmail.com
Thu May 10 19:18:49 EEST 2018


On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 5:11 PM, Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com> wrote:
> I do not like it being disabled by default.

With all due respect, this is not a valid technical argument, in any respect.

> There are options to disable compilation of such modules already.

We should be defaulting to 'safe/sane by default'. Insecure and insane
defaults are
the cause of a huge number of issues across the web. The onus should not be on
the user to disable/fix all the bad defaults. That's how you become PHP.

- Derek

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