New Java Vulnerability Found Affecting Java 5, 6, and 7 SE 121
jcatcw writes "Just as Oracle is ramping up for the September 30 start of JavaOne 2012 in San Francisco, researchers from the Polish firm Security Explorations disclosed yet another critical Java vulnerability that might 'spoil the taste of Larry Ellison's morning ... Java.' According to Security Explorations researcher Adam Gowdiak, who sent the email to the Full Disclosure Seclist, this Java exploit affects one billion users of Oracle Java SE software, Java 5, 6 and 7. It could be exploited by apps on Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera and Safari. Wow, thanks a lot Oracle."
Re:Java runtime vs. .NET runtime (Score:5, Interesting)
Nah, I'd say Flash is the most exploited runtime.
I never liked Java, but .NET is even worse for a web platform as it only supports a fraction of the platforms. Java was invented to be portable, .NET was invented to be less portable Java.
If you have an IT job you might need it. (Score:4, Interesting)
Java plugins won't help you flip burgers, but if you work in a large corporation you will find about fifty mission-critical apps you definitely will need that plug-in for.
And the sysadmins hate EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
Because they SUCK to admin... end users who don't have to use or admin the codebase love them, because they are pretty and sound like coffee.