On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Juan Courcoul <courc...@mac.com> wrote: > Given the infamous Flashback Trojan affaire that just passed and that even > goaded Apple to put out 3 Java security updates in less than a week, is it > sane or safe to risk a non-Apple-sanctioned Java install? Just checked in > Lion's Software Update and no new Java stuff is pending in the pipe….
The reason Flashback was such a problem is because Apple is slow with the Java updates. The exploit used was patched by the official Oracle Java distributions weeks (months?) ago. Apple has no plans to maintain a Java distribution anymore, beyond security updates for what is already available. The new Oracle version of Java *is* the sanction version of Java moving forward. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
