Re: Article: Why you can't dump Java (even though you want to)

From:
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne@vajhoej.dk>
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comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Sun, 20 May 2012 22:33:29 -0400
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On 5/10/2012 11:27 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:

Arne Vajh?j<arne@vajhoej.dk> writes:

Maybe you should learn a bit about JavaScript before writing about it.


   It is just true that whenever there is a security hole in a
   browser with no fix yet, I read ?in the meantime, one can
   disable JavaScript as a workaround?.

   Some years ago, I started to collect such reports as a
   proof. But then I ceased to collect more such reports,
   because I needed my time for other things. Thus, when my
   records are dated now, this does not mean that there are no
   more such reports today; I just do not collect them anymore.
   If I would have continued, the list would be very much longer.
   Having said this, here is a copy of a dated post of mine
   with regard to JavaScript security from about 2006. At its
   end, there is a long list of said reports.


[actual list omitted]

It is a long list.

But you can also find a long list for Java applets and Flash Player.

Even "not really executing code" plugins like AcrobatReader have
had security holes.

Arne

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