[Novalug] recent java exploit

Ed James edward.james@gmail.com
Sun Jan 13 07:43:52 EST 2013


Question,

   I've been mucking with Java to have sample code to show should I ever
seriously go job-hunting again.  Some of this code is applet-oriented, where
the applets are on a webserver "elsewhere".  Hence, I don't totally want to
disable Java.  My main machine has never had Java installed/enabled by
me, so most daily use isn't a problem.

   So, given *one* machine with Java still enabled, and I only browse *one*
website, where I personally have loaded my own java applets,  would I be
safe in assuming my safeness probability is at least five-nines?  I don't
even use email on that machine.  FWIW, I'm using fairly current versions
of Ubuntu, Firefox, and Big-O Java.

   Let's also assume I can tell if the downloaded applet is really my code,
and not something tampered with by somebody else.

adTHANKSvance,

Ed James



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