This vulnerability relates only to the Java app you install on your desktop, not the JVM you run on a server, So has no effect on CF at all, other than the Java applets used for things like CFGRID et al will no longer work on systems that have removed java, but no-one really uses those any more anyway.
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Robert Harrison <[email protected] > wrote: > > I'd assume you've all been seeing the recent reports on Java. It's been > officially announced by HomeLand Security that the zero day error and other > problems are too deeply embedded in Java to fix with a patch. Their > official recommendation is to remove Java from all machines. I know Oracle > put out a patch for this, but reports are the patch is considered > insufficient and the problems too close to the core to fix. Information > Week has an article on recommending users scale back on use of Java, remove > it wherever possible, and do no further Java development. For example, see: > > > http://www.darkreading.com/database-security/167901020/security/news/240146361/the-death-of-java-in-the-enterprise.html?cid=nl_DR_daily_2013-01-16_html&elq=4d908631d1b04069869fc003faf4e182 > > Question is: Could this be the death of CF? CF has been tenuous for > several years now, and given that the core system on which CF is built > (Java) is now getting bad press, what do you think this means for the > future of CF? > > > > Robert Harrison > Director of Interactive Services > > Austin & Williams > Advertising I Branding I Digital I Direct > 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 I Hauppauge, NY 11788 > T 631.231.6600 X 119 F 631.434.7022 > http://www.austin-williams.com > > Blog: http://www.austin-williams.com/blog > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/austin_ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:353931 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
