Tilghman Lesher <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 9:14 PM, John R. Dennison <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 08, 2012 at 08:39:51PM -0500, Toth, Csaba wrote:
> >> I'm involved with Java, and it's sad to see that some big
> technology
> >> sites advise to uninstall Java completely.
> >
> > Oracle sat on at least 2 root-able vectors for a long time. 
> Disabling
> > or uninstalling in the face of their security mismanagement is
> prudent
> > considering that at least one 0-day in the wild was dropping root
> kits.
> 
> Google's decision to build it's own virtual machine looks smarter all
> the time.  I wonder when we can expect to see Dalvik packaged for
> desktop use.

Do any of these exploits affect Android, since it is Java-based, or are they 
only on the standard Java VM?

-- 
John F. Eldredge --  [email protected]
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to 
think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria

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