The rules often change and warnings are now the norm, both from the web browser and from Oracle. It keeps getting harder and harder to run a Java program (called an "applet") embedded in a web page. It is off by default, I would turn it on. It is called "Suppress sponsor offers when installing or updating Java". For both Java 7 and 8, there is another interesting checkbox just below the SSL/TLS options. Java 8 enables all four protocols by default, so all that needs to be done is to disable SSLv3.
Turn off SSL 3.0 and turn on TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2. The SSL/TLS options there look like those in Internet Explorer, but they are unrelated.īy default Java 7 enables SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.1, the same defaults as Internet Explorer. On a Windows system (I have not tested OS X or Linux), open the Java thingy in the Control Panel and go to the Advanced tab. What no one has mentioned so far (that I have seen) is that Java users need to make these same tweaks. Webmasters need to do this on their servers, regular folks need to do it in their browser(s). The recent POODLE flaw in SSL version 3 serves as a reminder to disable SSL version 3 whenever possible, and, to enable all three versions of TLS (1.0, 1.1 and 1.2).
0 kommentar(er)
