The Comprehensive Adobe Flash 7.0.70.0 Solaris Sparc FAQ

Last Update:  Dec 6, 2007

Q: On July 10, 2007, Adobe released a bulletin (APSB07-12) noting
several security issues.  This bulletin mentions version 7.0.70.0 of
the flash player.  As version 9 of the flash player will not run on
Solaris < 10, and as the bulletin states:

"Users are recommended to update to the most current version of Flash 
Player available for their platform"

I'd like to download version 7.0.70.0 for Solaris Sparc, but when I go
to the Solaris page, all I'm offered is 9.0.47.0 which won't run on
my platform.

The bulletin points to this javascript-laden page:

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=d9c2fe33&sliceId=1

titled: 

_Flash Player upgrade for operating systems that do not support Flash Player 8_

but on that page are downloads for Windows and Mac only.

So, is it possible to download the 7.0.70.0 version for Solaris Sparc from
the Adobe site?

A: No.

Update -- In a posting to comp.unix.solaris in Dec 2007 (!), Oscar del Rio 
noted that this archive:

http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/installers/archive/fp7_archive.zip

(one line)

contains the 7.0.70.0 flash player for both Solaris Sparc and x86. 

Many thanks to Mr. del Rio and many thanks-for-nothing to Adobe.