Re: Java cousins
On 1/24/2013 2:18 PM, Arne Vajh?j wrote:
On 1/24/2013 2:01 PM, bob smith wrote:
I was just wondering what other technologies besides Java are affected
by the Oracle/Sun issue. I think JavaScript is somewhat affected, but
I don't fully understand that.
What issue?
The security problem impacted Java 7 u 0-10. It is fixed in u 11. And it
did not impact Java 6.
I believe it was all platforms.
It has absolutely nothing to do with JavaScript.
Whether Java implementations from other vendors (OpenJDK, IBM, HP etc.)
has the problem would need to be checked with them.
And in some ways I think there has been an overreaction on that
security issue.
Security issues are bad. And they should not be there.
But they are. I can practical guarantee that there
will be found several more security issues for the rest
of 2013.
There has for all previous years.
Java, Flash, Acrobat Reader, SilverLight, JavaScript etc.
has all been hit at various times.
But everybody switching to Lynx is not really a viable option.
Arne