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davrosG5
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Apples recent Java update (the one that brings Java to version 1.6.0.29 I think) appears to have broken Java in Firefox (version 8 on OS X 10.6.8). A quick look around 'tinternet suggests this also affects Firefox on Lion.
Anyone else seeing this behaviour?
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rustybucket
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Would OpenJDK be an option?
(IANA Mac User)
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forquare1
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I know it didn't used to be possible. Apple would take Sun's JRE and modify it to work with OS X. IIRC Apple have handed the work back to Oracle, but I don't know what's currently happening...
I'm not immediately sure how, but you could try uninstalling Java and install it again?
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davrosG5
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I guess I could roll back using Time Machine but as it's only Firefox that's affected (Safari is fine) it seems a bit drastic.
The Mozilla bugs blog has a running commentary on it so they are aware of the problem - seems to be a combination of something Apple have done and something Firefox is doing so a bug fix should be coming out at some point.
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forquare1
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If other browsers are fine (my Safari and Chrome are) then it suggests that Firefox might be doing something odd...
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big_D
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BEAST, used Java to hack SSL (all versions)/TLS 1.0, and for security reasons, Firefox have disabled the Java plugin (all platforms).
TLS 1.1 and 1.2 are not susceptible, but Firefox hasn't implemented 1.1 let alone 1.2 - the former is only 6 years old and was only developed to get around the problem BEAST has exposed.
The bigger problem is, most of the web servers still use SSL or, maybe TLS 1.0.
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saspro
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I had to reinstall Firefox the other day after this update. A site I use that needed Java caused it to crash & burn when I closed the tab it was on
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