[ale] how to disable java on browser while keeping it on your system

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Mon Dec 3 16:55:00 EST 2012


It has all the same security holes as sun java. Like windows, the failure
is in the design as well as the implementation.
Openjdk is barely better.
 On Dec 3, 2012 10:31 AM, "Beddingfield, Allen" <allen at ua.edu> wrote:

> Maybe looking at IBM's java implementation would be an option for you?  It
> is the default on SUSE, and works fine for me.  The only time I have had
> to swap it out for Sun/Oracle's is when our app dev team writes something
> that specifically needs it.  For general use, the IBM one works well
> enough.
>
> Allen B.
>
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> Allen Beddingfield
> Systems Engineer
> The University of Alabama
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> On 12/3/12 9:06 AM, "Ron Frazier (ALE)"
> <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi guys,
> >
> >As you may know, the Java system from Oracle (formerly Sun) just keeps
> >popping up with more and more major security holes which can be quite
> >dangerous.  There have been so many that I have just removed Java from
> >my Windows systems.  I haven't totally figured out how to remove it from
> >my Linux systems.  If a site needs Java, I generally just move on.
> >However, there are a few Java applications I want to run.  On the latest
> >Security Now  podcast, Steve mentioned the following link, which tells
> >how to disable the Java plugin in the browser while still leaving it on
> >your system.  I may try to do something like that.  I thought you'd like
> >to see it.
> >
> >http://krebsonsecurity.com/how-to-unplug-java-from-the-browser/
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >Ron
> >
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