See e.g. http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/08/30/how-turn-off-java-browser/ and other pages on that site. Bill Pitlovany of Win Patrol was also offering similar advice.
Best wishes On 31 Aug 2012 at 16:47, Joost Andrae wrote: Send reply to: [email protected] Date sent: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:47:21 +0200 From: Joost Andrae <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Rewrite AOO in JAVA > Hi, > > if you think so then take the time and have a look at eg. > http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search and compare current > vulnerabilities based on the programming languages used. You will see > that vulnerabilities are found within applications written in almost > all programming languages. Blaming only Java doesn't help to avoid > bugs programmed by humans. > > Am 31.08.2012 12:32, schrieb Niall Martin: > > I would have thought the developers would be cautious on this one. > > Many security experts seem to regard Java as dangerously buggy. > > Oracle has just had to release a security update in a hurry, though > > some are complaining that their hurry is rather slow. AOO depends > > on Java for base, but it does not seem to use the latest version of > > it. Perhaps the panel would confirm this. > > > > btw. I've disabled Java within the browser on an interim basis but I'm > still using it for some Java based applications installed on my > system. > > Kind regards, Joost > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For > additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > Niall Martin Phone 0131 4678468 Please reply to: niall<at>rndmartin.cix.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
