[gentoo-user] Re: AMD64, Firefox => Java Plugin?

[<nunojsilva@ist.utl.pt> (Nuno Silva)]

On 2013-03-17, walt wrote:

> On 03/16/2013 06:15 AM, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>>  I am looking for a useable howto/tutorial which describes
>>  howto install the java plugin for the current fireox.
>
> I see your question is already answered, but I'll add that there are
> a zillion open security bugs for java and many are actively being
> exploited in the wild recently.
>
> If you must use java in Firefox (as I do) then make sure that your
> version of Firefox is the latest one (19-something) because it will
> ask your permission before running any java applets.  Firefox will
> allow you to override the warnings for selected websites so it won't
> become irritating at sites you trust.
>
> IIUC there are exploitable bugs in java7 that don't exist in java6,
> so I'm sticking to java6 for now, though 6 isn't perfect either.

Or use NoScript or some other extension that lets you block embedded
content by default, like some people have been doing for years now.

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