firefox blocks java

[thufir]

On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 22:22:33 -0600, Tommy Trussell wrote:

>> I appreciate the security angle, but I wonder how much of that is
>> specific to Windows.
>>
>>
> The Java vulnerabilities I have heard of are specific to *Java*, which
> runs on Windows, Mac OS and many cell phones and embedded devices. Java
> has access to your network, your hard drive, your camera, your
> microphone... just about everything on your system. That's why folks get
> antsy about vulnerabilities in it.


I get your point, and it's not to troll this topic, I'm actually curious.  
I found:

http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.security.announce/1560

in the ubuntu security mailing list.  Granted, I only downloaded the 
latest 999 headers for the security mailing list, but that dates back to 
2011 and was the only one with "Java" in the subject relating to a JVM.  
Granted, there were some Apache libraries with vulnerabilities, but that's 
specific to a library, not the VM itself.  Presumably, it's sandboxed...?


-Thufir