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Hello, Stephan, > I've currently read the other answers to your mail, > regarding java security, but I think this can't be your > business. if someone has java installed, he/she is at > risk, but it's already there and can be used. There's feedback in the system that I don't see you take into account. If you write a Java applet, there will be users that like or need it. This will influence them to keep Java installed and active in their browsers. > If I'ld ban java from my desktops, I couldn't do my > job. Every kvm over ipmi and the vast majority of storage > and switch management comes with korean or chinese signed > applets, often in broken english. Exactly. You prove my point. :-) For yet another idea of mine of the "take it or leave it" variety: If I had to use Java applets as part of my job, I'd set up a tightly fenced-in browser instance (in some virtual machine, if needed) and use that for those few occasions, but still leave Java switched off in the normal browser I use on the internet. To act responsibly as a developer, I feel I shouldn't use a technological basis unless I cannot wholeheartedly recommend that basis to my users. Personally, I have earned my living as a Java developer for some 10+ years now. That's Java on the server and Java-Client-inhouse applications. Java in a general- purpose, internet-seeing browser I do not recommend. Regards, Andreas |
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