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Offline George Underwood Edwards

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Is Java Newest?
« on: February 20, 2013, 03:43:49 PM »
FireFox said my java was outdated.  ???

http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp
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Re: Is Java Newest?
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2013, 04:10:36 PM »
george, are you asking us for a package request or are you saying that your web browser gave you problems?

it seems that you are doing two things wrong in the wrong section of the forum
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Re: Is Java Newest?
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2013, 04:36:22 PM »
Quote from: George Underwood Edwards on February 20, 2013, 03:43:49 PM
FireFox said my java was outdated.  ???

http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp





Not on on my system and fully updated.

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Re: Is Java Newest?
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2013, 05:22:53 PM »
PCLinuxOS is still on the Java 6 series (1.6.0_xx)

Seems the  Java 7 series  still have  a lot of issues (exploits, ect...).

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Re: Is Java Newest?
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2013, 05:32:00 PM »
Maybe so, but Java 6 becomes unmaintained in a week's time, so after that the exploits will just build up if we don't go to 7.
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Re: Is Java Newest?
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2013, 06:11:49 PM »
as if the 7 version won't be the same  ::)
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Re: Is Java Newest?
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2013, 11:19:52 PM »
Quote from: µT6 on February 20, 2013, 04:10:36 PM
george, are you asking us for a package request or are you saying that your web browser gave you problems?

it seems that you are doing two things wrong in the wrong section of the forum

1. I'm requesting an updated java package, if it's available.

2. The browser isn't giving me trouble, but the plugin page said my java was outdated.
Go here (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/) and see that java, quicktime, and mozplayer are all outdated.
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Re: Is Java Newest?
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2013, 12:54:11 AM »
The latest version has just been shipped, for Java 6 newest update is 41, and for Jave 7 it's update 15,

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Re: Is Java Newest?
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2013, 02:15:46 AM »
just dropboxed security updates for:
- java (1.6.41) 32/64bit
- flash-player (..270)  32/64bit
- AdobeReader (9.4.3) 32bit

-p.
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Re: Is Java Newest?
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2013, 06:19:38 AM »
you didn't followed any rules on package request section, well anyway
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Re: Is Java Newest?
« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2013, 06:54:53 AM »
Additionally, if you don't need the Java Plugin in Firefox the safest bet is to disable it. I get along quite well without it. In fact I get along without having Java installed at all.

The following post from Brian Krebs blog is worth a read

What You Need to Know About the Java Exploit
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Re: Is Java Newest?
« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2013, 09:20:02 AM »
I think I will drop java since it doesn't seem to be needed very much,
and it's a security risk.
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Re: Is Java Newest?
« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2013, 10:38:37 AM »
Is there not a plugin for FF that gives you an icon which toggles Java on and off as you require it?

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Re: Is Java Newest?
« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2013, 04:02:53 PM »
Yes there is such a plugin, but I can't recall its name...  ???
You can turn java and j.script on or off with a click.
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Re: Is Java Newest?
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