Firefox Actively Disabling Old Java Plugins

[Earth Bound Misfit]

http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2012/04/02/blocking-java/

Mozilla strongly encourages anyone who requires the JDK and JRE to update to the current version as soon as possible on all platforms.

Affected versions of the Java plugin will be disabled unless a user makes an explicit choice to keep it enabled at the time they are notified of the block being applied.

Updated versions of the JRE for Windows and Linux operating systems are available through java.com.

Related:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2012-366318.html
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/mozilla-adds-older-java-versions-firefox-blocklist-040312
http://www.ghacks.net/2012/04/03/mozilla-adds-old-java-versions-to-global-blocklist/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/blocked/p80

[Gore1FL]

1. This really pissed me off.

I had to hack the pluginreg.dat and delete blocklist.xml from 1200 devices so they would still work before our next image deployment next fall.

That was fun.


I really hate Mozilla. I used to prefer them. If I wasn't stuck with deploying it (which I am because Blackboard still can't make a product that works) I'd eliminate it from every image I build and deploy.