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Date:      Sat, 12 Mar 2011 06:32:01 -0800
From:      Rob Farmer <rfarmer@predatorlabs.net>
To:        Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com>
Cc:        freebsd-java@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: AW: Question Update Java Security Updates
Message-ID:  <AANLkTikk7jyNnw1nS7K4jgCXpSeZ0oUMVZ1VyO-N9mMJ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20110310161721.59652106566B@hub.freebsd.org>
References:  <20110310120028.6013310656B0@hub.freebsd.org> <20110310161721.59652106566B@hub.freebsd.org>

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On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> wrote:
>
> The reason for that is that they haven't been necessary. =A0This cannot b=
e
> said for openjdk, not yet at least.
>

There have been 191 "vulnerabilities" for the lifetime of JDK 1.6,
according to Secunia. java/jdk16 is at update 4 out of 24. Unless you
are running only trusted local apps with no networking support, that
is highly dubious.

--=20
Rob Farmer



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