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On 2013-03-17, walt wrote: |
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> On 03/16/2013 06:15 AM, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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>> Hi, |
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>> I am looking for a useable howto/tutorial which describes |
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>> howto install the java plugin for the current fireox. |
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> I see your question is already answered, but I'll add that there are |
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> a zillion open security bugs for java and many are actively being |
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> exploited in the wild recently. |
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> If you must use java in Firefox (as I do) then make sure that your |
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> version of Firefox is the latest one (19-something) because it will |
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> ask your permission before running any java applets. Firefox will |
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> allow you to override the warnings for selected websites so it won't |
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> become irritating at sites you trust. |
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> IIUC there are exploitable bugs in java7 that don't exist in java6, |
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> so I'm sticking to java6 for now, though 6 isn't perfect either. |
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Or use NoScript or some other extension that lets you block embedded |
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content by default, like some people have been doing for years now. |
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Nuno Silva (aka njsg) |
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http://njsg.sdf-eu.org/ |
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