Re: The warning about the Java Deployment Toolkit should be removed.

2016-01-11 Thread Kevin Fegan
On Friday, July 18, 2014 at 3:31:53 PM UTC-5, Gavin Sharp wrote: > > ... > > With click to play on by default we could probably remove the broad > block, but we'd want to still block the known-vulnerable versions, > which would require coming up with a regexp that matches only the > right version

Re: The warning about the Java Deployment Toolkit should be removed.

2015-03-06 Thread naesten
On Friday, July 18, 2014 at 4:31:53 PM UTC-4, Gavin Sharp wrote: > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/blocked/p428 > It's not clear why some people in the bug are so up in arms about the > overly broad block - is the plugin actually useful in ways we weren't > aware of, or do people just not

Re: The warning about the Java Deployment Toolkit should be removed.

2015-02-25 Thread calador109
On Friday, July 18, 2014 at 8:48:28 AM UTC-4, JW Clements wrote: > The issue was resolved by Oracle some time ago. > Continued display of this message is disconcerting to some people and > unwarranted. > It was a good thing when the vulnerability was first discovered but it's > now a bad thing. >

Re: The warning about the Java Deployment Toolkit should be removed.

2014-09-15 Thread happycooks
First, the "overly broad block" was an absolutely lazy way out, and should have been readdressed long ago. Second, you (in the collective sense) should "remove the broad block", by all means. Posthaste. Third, "block[ing] the known-vulnerable versions, which would require coming up with a reg

Re: The warning about the Java Deployment Toolkit should be removed.

2014-07-18 Thread Gavin Sharp
>From an off-thread reply this is: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/blocked/p428 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=636633 We blocked all versions last year, since it was easier than trying to block only the vulnerable versions (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6366

Re: The warning about the Java Deployment Toolkit should be removed.

2014-07-18 Thread Gavin Sharp
Which warning are you referring to exactly? Do you have a screenshot? Gavin On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 5:48 AM, JW Clements wrote: > The issue was resolved by Oracle some time ago. > Continued display of this message is disconcerting to some people and > unwarranted. > It was a good thing when the

The warning about the Java Deployment Toolkit should be removed.

2014-07-18 Thread JW Clements
The issue was resolved by Oracle some time ago. Continued display of this message is disconcerting to some people and unwarranted. It was a good thing when the vulnerability was first discovered but it's now a bad thing. Could some dev pick this up and clear that message? Thanks