On 1/14/13 2:03 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
stephen barncard <stephenREVOLUTION2@...> writes:

*WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is advising
people to temporarily disable the Java software on their computers to avoid
potential hacking attacks.*

FUD is about the only thing DHS does well.
Larry Ellison and DHS in pissing contest. News at 11.
FWIW, there's a new Java security update.

When you need Java, you need Java. OpenJDK is nice, but it's not completely
compatible.


It's a little misleading, since the vulnerability affected only browsers, not desktop usage. Disabling Java in the browser was all that's needed.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jac...@hyperactivesw.com
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