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[Fernando Cassia]

On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 10:54 PM, Rick Welykochy <rick at vitendo.ca> wrote:

> If Java is indeed required on the client, be very concerned. The
> vulnerabilities
> for that language keep cropping up.
>
> Advice to all users browsing the Internet: disable Java. Just say no to it.
>
> For the latest, search the web for "more vulnerabilities found in java".
>

Oh please...

First of all, Java is not only "a language" it's also a runtime and
software ecosystem.
News: Android runs Java, as a language.

Second, for the earlier vulnerabilities that made routine headlines, it was
because the BROWSER PLUG-IN was configured to run automatically unsigned
applets, before asking the user for permission, so a user loaded a URL and
the browser plug-in loaded the applet.

Newer Java runtime releases since Java 7 u45 no longer run unsigned code
(Microsoft made a similar change to ActiveX a long time ago).

FC

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