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photon · 01-12-2013, 11:19 AM

If it's not in your plugins in Firefox it should be ok, you can go here to test to see as well:

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

It sounds like Oracle was told about this exploit back in August, and released a patch in October but didn't patch it properly.

Overall there's been a lot of questions around Oracle and their stewardship of Java since they purchased Sun.

01-12-2013, 11:19 AM	#5
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	If it's not in your plugins in Firefox it should be ok, you can go here to test to see as well: http://www.java.com/en/download/testjava.jsp It sounds like Oracle was told about this exploit back in August, and released a patch in October but didn't patch it properly. Overall there's been a lot of questions around Oracle and their stewardship of Java since they purchased Sun. __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.