I remember when
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| Author | Content |
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| tuxchick Sep 26, 2012 7:28 PM EDT |
I remember when Scott McNealy boasted of Java's security, and how it was designed from the bottom up to be immune to Windows nasties. I guess that was then. |
| jdixon Sep 26, 2012 8:36 PM EDT |
Scott McNealy doesn't work there anymore. |
| BernardSwiss Sep 26, 2012 8:50 PM EDT |
Does anyone have a handle on how these Java sandbox vulnerabilities do/don't affect java alternative plugins like IcedTea> |
| r_a_trip Sep 27, 2012 4:17 AM EDT |
how it was designed from the bottom up to be immune to Windows nasties < snark > Windows nasties are still out of the question, since Windows doesn't run on the JVM < /snark >, but java isn't the security panacea Mr. MecNealy promised us. Or did Oracle really bork it up that fast...... |
| CFWhitman Sep 27, 2012 10:45 AM EDT |
Well, this particular flaw predates Oracle's acquisition. This doesn't mean anything for any software that's not running as a web plugin, since that's the only version of Java in a sandbox anyway (the same as pretty much all the other Java security flaws). |
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