[dba-Tech] Client Java is dead

I do think the whole issue is a little over done but why did government
officials singled out and targeted Java specifically, as you said, look no
further than Microsoft and IE when the word vulnerable is being mentioned. 

Everyone would have carried on blissful unaware of the incredible dangers of
posed by Java.

Here is my theory and I will paraphrase from various article read and news
stories published.

According to some information distributed from the government, it believes
that we are on the tip of very large foreign government sponsored cyber
attacks. Mind you, we started it here and amazingly enough the government is
discovering that techs in other countries are not stupid and can retaliate
with equal force...and have. Maybe it believes that everyone using Java on
the desktop is vulnerable and computers using Java may just end up being
pawns in subsequent waves of internal attacks. So the government is trying
to preemptively eliminate internal weaknesses. 

Whether such an idea is ridiculous is one thing but I would not put it past
some senior government official for believing it...as they just don't get
out often enough.

Jim

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter Brawley
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 5:27 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Client Java is dead

On 2013-01-22 3:00 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> Client Java should be completely removed from all your clients and even
> strong Java proponents agree. Like the Flash programming language before
it,
> any remotely run and updated application on your desktop is
dangerous...this
> is why there are browsers. Here is a link to a good discussion on the
> subject:
>
>
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-01-2013/130115-how-to-kill-java-dead.h
> tml

On that reasoning, Windows and Internet Explorer have been dead for a 
dozen years.

PB

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