Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:04:22 +0400 From: "Mikhail" <hidden.node@gmail.com> To: "'FreeBSD Questions'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Status of Java in FreeBSD? (OpenSolaris is dead) Message-ID: <001101cb3b2b$1beef9f0$53ccedd0$@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100813205026.GA29150@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <4C6587F8.7040102@antonioshome.net> <20100813185708.GA26455@slackbox.erewhon.net> <AANLkTi=mJ8zW28NJ5ALMh72nJwArMLFRHvDt36JE3%2BXP@mail.gmail.com> <20100813205026.GA29150@slackbox.erewhon.net>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Roland Smith > Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 12:50 AM > To: Kurt Buff > Cc: FreeBSD Questions > Subject: Re: Status of Java in FreeBSD? (OpenSolaris is dead) > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:58:01PM -0700, Kurt Buff wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:57, Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 07:59:20PM +0200, Antonio Vieiro wrote: > > >> Hi all, > > >> > > >> Now that OpenSolaris is dead [1] I was wondering what the status of > Java > > >> is in FreeBSD. > > >> [1] http://sstallion.blogspot.com/2010/08/opensolaris-is-dead.html > > > > > > IMO the "status" of Java is "best to avoid it". Just ask Google. :-) > > > > So, what do you suggest for SSL VPN clients? Some/most/all of the > > clients for these things are Java-based - well, except for clients > > running Windows and for which there is (usually) an ActiveX control > > (shudder.) > > If I read [2] correctly, isn't SSL VPN supposed to be clientless and work > through the browser? > > [2]: http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/VPN-Options.html Yeah, but when you want to launch any application through WebVPN (telnet for example) you have to start Java applet.
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