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Re: JDK 1.8.0_131

From v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert)
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: JDK 1.8.0_131
Date 2017-04-24 18:00 +0000
Organization Private site at Eddersheim, Germany
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Eric Sosman wrote:
> On 4/24/2017 8:43 AM, omegajunior wrote:
> > Roedy Green <inquiry@mindprod.com> Wrote in message:
> >> JDK 1.8.0_131 is out
> >>
> > 
> > Oh, bloody hell, what is it this time? I just got through testing
> >   all my applications with 1.8.0_121. There must be a faster
> >   way.
> 
>      To answer "What is it this time?" begin by studying the release
> notes.  Sometimes the study's answers are less than comprehensive
> (release notes can be downright coy when discussing security issues),
> but that's where you should start.

And it seems to be more often than not that the security fixes
only apply to Java-in-the-browser causing sandbox escapes and
do not affect standalone applications at all, so that you might
even be able to completely ignore them unless you have customers
who are paranoid and stubborn at the same time.

-- 

"I'm a doctor, not a mechanic." Dr Leonard McCoy <mccoy@ncc1701.starfleet.fed>
"I'm a mechanic, not a doctor." Volker Borchert  <v_borchert@despammed.com>

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JDK 1.8.0_131 Roedy Green <inquiry@mindprod.com> - 2017-04-18 11:23 -0700
  Re:JDK 1.8.0_131 omegajunior <omegajunior@protonmail.com> - 2017-04-24 08:43 -0400
    Re: JDK 1.8.0_131 Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-04-24 09:07 -0400
      Re: JDK 1.8.0_131 v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2017-04-24 18:00 +0000
      Re: JDK 1.8.0_131 omegajunior <omegajunior@protonmail.com> - 2017-04-26 18:16 -0400
    Re: JDK 1.8.0_131 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-04-24 11:25 -0400
      Re: JDK 1.8.0_131 omegajunior <omegajunior@protonmail.com> - 2017-04-26 18:12 -0400

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