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On Sat, February 1, 2014 16:59, walt wrote: |
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> I admit that Oracle finally did something right by requiring a white-list |
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> of all java websites you want to use, but it's taken me all morning to |
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> understand how to do it. |
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> AFAICT, the only way to white-list a website is to use the Java Control |
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> Panel (jcontrol) and type the full URL including the http:// or preferably |
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> the https:// if you don't want a nag screen. |
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> For example, here's a site I visit every morning: |
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> http://www.goes.noaa.gov/goes-w.html which lets me watch a java-powered |
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> image loop of the weather over the Pacific Ocean. |
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> Now I click on the button to animate the image, and I get a pop-up saying |
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> that this untrusted website wants to do something awful and refuses to let |
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> it run java, period. No explanation of how I can 'trust' the website. |
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> How many people are going to figure out they need to run the Java Control |
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> Panel and manually add this site to the list of trusted sites? |
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> And, now that I've added "http://www.goes.noaa.gov" manually, I try the |
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> site again. |
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> Nope. The jar file I need is on a "different domain" (www.sdd.noaa.gov) |
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> so now I need to add that URL to the white list <sigh> including http:// |
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> Now, I agree that they did it right from a security point of view, but |
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> jeez, they could have done the user interface a bit better. |
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> Or maybe they did it better and I haven't found it yet? |
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If there is a better way, please let me know. |
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The IPMI of my servers use a Java application to allow me to see the console. |
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The errors I got have included: |
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- You are using an old version, please upgrade |
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- This site is untrusted / certificate is wrong |
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- This java application is blocked |
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The last one led me to a page actually showing me how to "fix" this. |
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An easier way then to use the silly jconsole might be found in the |
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following location: |
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~/.java/deployment/security/ |
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HTH, |
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Joost |
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PS. If anyone knows how to get an SSL-certificate that is accepted by |
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this, please let me know. |
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