On Mar 12, 2013 10:08 PM, "Brian Wolff" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 3/12/13, Tyler Romeo <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Brian Wolff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> It was solvable with a java applet (or flash, but that's usually > >> considered evil) back in 2003. However it still requires someone to > >> actually do it. > >> > > > > For security purposes, I'm really hoping we don't plan on using a Java > > applet. :P > > > > *--* > > *Tyler Romeo* > > Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2015 > > Major in Computer Science > > www.whizkidztech.com | [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > Why? There's nothing inherently insecure about java applets. We > already use them to play ogg files on lame browsers that don't support > html5. > > --bawolff > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Can you say that for sure? With the number of exploits in Java over the past few months, everybody I know has already disabled their browser plugin. --Tyler Romeo _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
