DISABLE JAVA ADVICE FROM DHS

[stephen barncard]

years ago, I dreaded installing or using Java because it was a synonym for
"S L O W"  and another alien thing to maintain. Not sure if there's a way
to 'disable' it except root it out and delete.

On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Richard Gaskin
<ambassador at fourthworld.com>wrote:

> stephen barncard wrote:
>
>  http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_**268744/contentdetail.htm?**
>> contentguid=H7NX2XTB<http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268744/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=H7NX2XTB>
>>
>> *WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is advising
>>
>> people to temporarily disable the Java software on their computers to
>> avoid
>> potential hacking attacks.*
>>
>>
>>
>> Really - is Java as relevant as it used to be?   Hasn't JavaScript and
>> AJAX
>> pretty much taken over the browser side at least?
>>
>
> Java does some things we still can't do in JavaScript/HTML5.
>
> Ironically, one of those thing is establishing a VPN connection, and I
> know a few companies who choose a Java-based way of doing that over the
> OS-provided control panel "for security reasons". ;)
>
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Stephen Barncard
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