Is Java Safe?

[Karl Auer]

On Sun, 2013-10-20 at 13:58 -0700, John Sowden wrote:
> There has been a lot of talk that Java is not safe (can be attacked, 
> virus, etc.) recently, and due to the nature of some of the security 
> problems, will never be fixed.  I was told to remove Java from Firefox 
> (not Java Script).  Libre Office uses Java as part of the Base section.
> 
> What's the deal?  Is Java going to be the 'back door' into Linux re: 
> virus', attacks, etc.

As a web language, it has issues that Oracle seems unlikely ever to fix.
As a programming language, it's no more or less secure than anything
else.

So you don't need to uninstall Java - but it's not a bad idea (unless
you know you need it for some favourite site) to disable it or remove it
from browsers. And install NoScript regardless, because JavaScript is
pretty bad too.

Regards, K.

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