Re: [Fed-Talk] JavaŠ again
Re: [Fed-Talk] JavaŠ again
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] JavaŠ again
- From: Tony Greiner <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:08:26 +0000
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] JavaŠ again
I use the Safari plugin called Toggleable. It gives a list of all the Java scripts on each website and lets you allow specific ones or all, either temporarily (this session) or "permanently", though you can always reset settings and/or rules.
http://javascript-blocker.toggleable.com
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On Sep 28, 2012, at 9:32 AM, Joel Esler <email@hidden> wrote:
> 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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