Re: [Fed-Talk] JavaŠ again
Re: [Fed-Talk] JavaŠ again
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] JavaŠ again
- From: Joel Esler <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:32:49 -0400
That's what the behavior should be. Safari should ask you every time you want to use Java.
On Sep 28, 2012, at 11:23 AM, David Mueller <email@hidden> wrote:
> Too bad Safari doesn't provide a whitelist, allowing users to say "disable
> Java on all but these sites", the way Firefox does for popup windows (a
> popup window whitelist would also be nice).
>
> One possibility would be to use the ClickToPlugin Safari extension:
>
> http://hoyois.github.com/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/
>
> This does feature a whitelist, so you could configure it to automatically
> enable Java for DTS, VPN, DCO, etc, and for all other sites the user would
> be required to click to allow the applet to load. I haven't tried it yet,
> but I do use the companion plugin ClickToFlash, which does the same thing
> but only for Flash. For now, I'm just taking the approach of disabling Java
> in Safari completely, and re-enabling it specifically when I need to use a
> site that is known to require Java.
>
> - David
>
>
> On 9/28/12 6:26 AM, "Carib Mendez" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> We need it for DTS, Wide Area Work Flow, and most importantly our Juniper VPN.
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Sep 27, 2012, at 10:16 PM, Todd Heberlein <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone still have Java enabled on their machines?
>>>
>>> Java Vulnerability Could Affect a Billion Macs and PCs
>>> http://gizmodo.com/5946551/java-vulnerability-could-affect-a-billion-macs-and
>>> -pcs
>>>
>>>> Every currently supported version of Java is vulnerable to a new exploit,
>>>> according to Adam Gowdiak, a security expert who is known for finding Java
>>>> exploits. That could include up to a billion computers, according to
>>>> Oracle's instillation statistics.
>>>
>>>
>>>> This bug appears to be more serious, and looks like it affects far more
>>>> users, including every single Mac running Snow Leopard or earlier, since
>>>> Java came bundled in OS X in those versions.
>>>
>>>
>>> Todd
>>>
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