Jan 25, 2021 23:00:00

How did the Chinese railway stop operating due to the end of Flash and how did it recover?

Adobe's support for Flash Player ended December 31, 2020, and after January 12, 2021,

Flash Player has been blocked from running Flash . At Dalian Station in Dalian, China, trains were suspended due to the inability to execute Flash. News media verietyinfo.com reports the whole story of how to resolve this issue.

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According to a report distributed by Dalian Station on the official account of SNS ' WeChat ', the dispatch system could not be viewed from 20:00 on January 12, and the train operation status could not be managed. A 'search on the internet' by the technical department at Dalian Station revealed that the problem with the ride-hailing system was due to the end of support for Flash. It is said that Flash is used for the vehicle dispatch system at Dalian Station, but verietyinfo.com said, 'Flash, which is uncertain and consumes a lot of resources, is used for railway systems that are important both in terms of safety and economy. It's strange to be there. '

Regarding the response of the technical department, verietyinfo.com said, 'Adobe has

announced the end of support for Flash in 2017. Despite the fact that it has been more than 3 years since the announcement, we have not taken measures to end support for Flash. Furthermore, it is clear that there is a problem with the technical department of Dalian Station if Flash is found to be stopped by 'searching on the Internet', 'he points out the lack of response of the technical department.

Recognizing the problem of the vehicle dispatch system, the technical department of Dalian Station brought the test machine prepared in another building where the technical department is enrolled to Dalian Station in order to restore the system of Dalian Station. Verietyinfo.com says, 'It's like an engineer's behavior over 10 years ago. I don't know why I would carry a test environment created on another machine in 2021 when the Internet developed.'

In addition, a report delivered to WeChat revealed that Dalian station staff called multiple machines 'Microsoft's system' and 'ghost version of the system.' Verietyinfo.com said, 'Maybe the ghost version means pirated,' and speculates that pirated software was being used at Dalian Station.

The solution to the problem posed by the technical department at Dalian Station was to install an older version of Flash Player. In fact, when I installed Adobe Flash Player 29, which was released in 2018, on the machine at Dalian Station, the dispatch system worked fine and the railroad service resumed.

Jason Tochinsky, editor of vehicle-related media Jalopnik, said, 'The behavior of the system department at Dalian Station is certainly funny, but the system is back in operation. It's their victory. Dalian. control room of the station, Flash game Flash emulator instead, might be Earth last place where you can enjoy in Flash Player 'and says .

In addition, the report posted by Dalian Station on WeChat has been deleted as 'an erroneous message was included'.