Re: java plugin, is does it have any security vulnerabilities ?

On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 21:54:09 +0100, dave selby wrote: > i am running Debian stable (squeeze) and have java installed > 6.26-osqueeze1 as a package. > > Firefox uses this package but when I asked it to check if plugins are up > to date it says nope, need version 7... Yes, the latest Oracle's Java

Re: java plugin, is does it have any security vulnerabilities ?

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 06:23:58PM -0400, Andrew Reid wrote: Hi, > You can switch to OpenJDK, or remove your sun-java6 packages and install > the JRE from the Oracle-provided binaries. I would rephrase it a little bit to 'You _should_ switch to OpenJDK and the icedtea browser plugin'. If you c

Re: java plugin, is does it have any security vulnerabilities ?

> Hi All, > > i am running Debian stable (squeeze) and have java installed > 6.26-osqueeze1 as a package. > > Firefox uses this package but when I asked it to check if plugins are > up to date it says nope, need version 7... > > So am I right in thinking that v6.26 is old (and thus the advice to

java plugin, is does it have any security vulnerabilities ?

Hi All, i am running Debian stable (squeeze) and have java installed 6.26-osqueeze1 as a package. Firefox uses this package but when I asked it to check if plugins are up to date it says nope, need version 7... So am I right in thinking that v6.26 is old (and thus the advice to upgrade to 7) but