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Oracle Ships Java 7 Update 11 With Vulnerability Fixes
An anonymous reader writes "After announcing a fix was coming just yesterday, Oracle on Sunday released Java 7 Update 11 to address the recently disclosed security vulnerability. If you use Java, you can download the latest update now from the Java Control Panel or directly from Oracle's website here: Java SE 7u11. In the release notes for this update, Oracle notes this version "contains fixes for security vulnerabilities." A closer look at Oracle Security Alert for CVE-2013-0422 details that Update 11 fixes two vulnerabilities."
Browsers come with only JS. Java is a plug-in published by Oracle that plays applets written in Java, just as Flash Player is a plug-in published by Adobe that plays applets written in ActionScript.
Java 6 isn't vulnerable to this particular exploit. Only 7.
"The true measure of a person is how they act when they know they won't get caught." - DSRilk
Javascript absolutely has nothing to do with Java.
Netscape realized for the web to take off as a platform it needed to do more than just display text and pictures so logic was needed. Netscape invented Livescript. Sun didn't like it and was in talks with making Java used instead of Livescript for dynamic web content.
So Netscape made a deal to rename Livescript Javascript with the contract to include jre with Netscape 3. It has nothing to do with it other than pure marketing name to confuse users to spread synergy to Java instead which is what Sun hoped as Livescript aka Javascript was very limited at the time.
It became a standard to this day.
http://saveie6.com/
People who read this site are mostly geeks, nerds, IT, developers, or some such who are computer literate. But, NO ONE who reads this site is ignorant of how pervasive Java is. NO ONE who reads this site is completely ignorant of the ways in which John and Jane Q. Public uses their computers.
Like DavidClarkeHR's mother, my wife "needs" Java. Her computer may suffer any number of ills, and she'll ignore them. But, if she can't play her Pogo Games, the old broad is going to make my life miserable until the problem is fixed. To her, "the internet" pretty much means Pogo, Facebook, email, Craig's List, classified ads in the Texarkana Gazette, and a little bit of news.
Oh, wait - how can I forget her soap operas? The woman has given up on television, and watches her daily shows on the computer now.
THAT is the internet, for millions of people.
Java don't work? "I WANT IT FIXED BEFORE I GET HOME FROM WORK!! You can forget about taking trash out, you can forget to pick your clothes up off the bathroom floor, you can leave the sink full of dirty dishes, BUT FIX MY INTERNET!!"
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
Minecraft does not need the java browser plug-in.