This was introduced as an “offline JRE update fix” in JDK7u10 –
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/7u10-relnotes-1880995.html *JRE Expiration Date* The JRE relies on periodic checks with an Oracle Server to determine if it (the JRE)is still considered up-to-date with all the available security fixes (above the security baseline). In the past, if the JRE was unable to contact the Oracle Server, it continued to behave as though it is still the most recent version with regard to security, for an indefinite period. *To avoid this problem, a secondary mechanism, that does not rely on external communication, has been added to the JDK 7u10. From this release onwards, all JREs will contain a hard-coded expiration date.* The expiration date is calculated to end after the scheduled release of the next Critical Patch Update. This means that JREs that are unable to contact Oracle Servers for an extended period of time, will now start offering additional protection after a reasonable period, and will not continue to behave as if they were still up-to-date with security fixes. But, this should just be a warning (like what we see in notification panel of our workstation) rather than an error. This will not prevent us from successfully running java-based applications / application servers. On Monday, April 22, 2013 2:01:22 PM UTC-7, pwagland wrote: > > Hi all, > > So, Java 7 update 21 is now released, and on the release page I noticed > that "The expiration date for JRE 7u21 is 07/18/2013." > > Is this new? I don't recall having seen it before, nor do I recall it > being discussed, nor can I find it mentioned on Google. Does anyone know > what the low-down on this is? Are Java JRE users going to be forced to > upgrade every three months? Does this also apply for the "Server JRE" that > they have released as of update 21? > > Curious minds are curious! > > Cheers, > Paul > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
