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Date:      Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:42:55 +0200
From:      clutton <clutton@zoho.com>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: port www/youtube_dl
Message-ID:  <1392108175.17637.18.camel@eva02.mbsd>
In-Reply-To: <1392107846.17637.13.camel@eva02.mbsd>
References:  <20140211080704.GA18964@sh4-5.1blu.de> <1392107846.17637.13.camel@eva02.mbsd>

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On Tue, 2014-02-11 at 10:37 +0200, clutton wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-02-11 at 09:07 +0100, Matthias Apitz wrote:
> > Hello,
> >=20
> > The port www/youtube_dl installs as a binary the Youtube downloader in
> >=20
> > # file /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
> > /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl: data
> >=20
> > The executeable tends to fail due to changes the provider Youtube does
> > in its web page and users tend to update the software theirself by the
> > option --update; this connects via HTTPS to:
> >=20
> > 07:36:12.668370 IP 10.32.233.251.31097 > frnk.radius.uk.mediaways.net.d=
omain: 63308+ A? rg3.github.io. (31)
> > 07:36:13.214619 IP frnk.radius.uk.mediaways.net.domain > 10.32.233.251.=
31097: 63308 2/0/0 CNAME github.map.fastly.net., A 185.31.16.133 (82)
> > 07:36:13.215016 IP 10.32.233.251.33006 > frnk.radius.uk.mediaways.net.d=
omain: 63309+ AAAA? rg3.github.io. (31)
> > 07:36:13.348108 IP 10.32.233.251.57784 > frnk.radius.uk.mediaways.net.d=
omain: 35986+ PTR?  251.233.32.10.in-addr.arpa. (44)
> > 07:36:13.514879 IP frnk.radius.uk.mediaways.net.domain > 10.32.233.251.=
33006: 63309 1/1/0 CNAME github.map.fastly.net. (138)
> > 07:36:13.515729 IP 10.32.233.251.14874 > 185.31.16.133.http: Flags [S],=
 seq 3997719834, win 65535, options [mss 1460,nop,wscale 6,sackOK,TS val 44=
1155 ecr 0], length 0
> > ...
> >=20
> > and downloads a new binary version to /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl which
> > must be done in addition as root (or root must change the owner of the
> > file before).
> >=20
> > This is highly concerning due to 'phoning home' and installing whatever
> > (mal-) software or due to DNS redirects to some malware side.
> >=20
> > The Linux friends patch the source to disable the --update option; see
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/youtube-dl/+bug/1063469
> >=20
> > Shouldn't we do the same?
> >=20
> > Thx
> >=20
> > 	matthias
>=20
> I don't think that this is a big deal. Write to the maintainer first
> anyway.
>=20
> You can also try my firefox addon:
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-flash-to-HTML5
>=20
> Sometime it doesn't work because of youtube ajax nature. Reloading page
> will make it work. I doesn't have a time to fix this now. Anyway, it
> always works when a new tab opens.

O. I'd already advertised my addon to you. Sorry for repeating :).
The addon have been improved since that time. It doesn't wait until
youtube player fails. It fixes it before running now.


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