* Re: [gentoo-user] java vs icedtea6
@ 2013-01-16 5:02 99% ` Kevin Brandstatter
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From: Kevin Brandstatter @ 2013-01-16 5:02 UTC (permalink / raw
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I'm curious as well about the potential exploitability of icedtea. I
would think that since the icedtea vm is not the same as the sun/oracle
one and so I don't think the code base is the same, which would mean an
exploit in the sun/oracle jvm would not necessarily affect icedtea.
However, I know very little on this matter and seeing as i think both
are open sourced i have no idea how much or if there is any code overlap.
-Kevin
On 01/15/2013 06:32 PM, William Kenworthy wrote:
> Looking for comments:
>
> A while back I removed java during an upgrade on my main desktop system
> and left icedtea6-bin in place without any noticeable effect.
>
>
> Presumably icedtea6 suffers the same java bug (cant find anything in
> their bugzilla though?) thats got everybody riled at the moment, though
> the last security bug on gentoo bugzilla is 2011.
>
>
> I am happy not using a mainstream java and avoiding the fuss that goes
> with dealing with oracles nonsense download restrictions but have two
> questions:
>
> 1. are there any "real" problems with using icedtea6?
>
> 2. icedtea6 and icedtea6-bin ... any difference in features? - I have
> had a much more stable experience with openoffice vs openoffice-bin so
> presume build yourself would be the same here?
>
>
> The questions may seem redundant seeing I am using both icedtea and java
> on various systems, but others experience may not be the same, or have
> more knowledge which would be useful before I move everything over.
>
> BillK
>
>
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