Re:Java 6 exploit found in the wild
by JohnTHaller on Tuesday August 27, 2013 @11:40AM
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J6u17 is honestly fine on a machine disconnected from the internet, as would be the case in any critical equipment requiring it. It's even relatively fine on an internet-connected machine with the browser plugin disabled (heck, Firefox automatically disables it for you).
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>J6u17 is honestly fine on a machine disconnected from the internet, as would be the case in any critical equipment requiring it.
One of the applications I'm talking about is a physician portal meant specifically to be used over the public internet.
Re:Java 6 exploit found in the wild
by JohnTHaller on Tuesday August 27, 2013 @01:02PM
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> One of the applications I'm talking about is a physician portal meant specifically to be used over the public internet.
Ouch. That just screams 'this company doesn't understand security at all'.