Comments on: E-voting in French election requires out-of-date Java plugin, blocked by Firefox http://blog.mozilla.org/bjacob/2012/05/24/e-voting-in-french-election-requires-out-of-date-java-plugin-blocked-by-firefox/ Just another Blog.mozilla.com weblog Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:32:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Hub http://blog.mozilla.org/bjacob/2012/05/24/e-voting-in-french-election-requires-out-of-date-java-plugin-blocked-by-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-3522 Hub Fri, 25 May 2012 00:03:46 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.org/bjacob/?p=146#comment-3522 Also I have to add, it is the same company that had the failing NDP leadership voting system.

]]> By: Simon http://blog.mozilla.org/bjacob/2012/05/24/e-voting-in-french-election-requires-out-of-date-java-plugin-blocked-by-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-3521 Simon Thu, 24 May 2012 22:11:23 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.org/bjacob/?p=146#comment-3521 Yeah, not surprising that they don’t support Java 7. It’s only in the last few months that Oracle started encouraging non-developers to use it, so Java 6 is what people actually have installed.

]]> By: Hub http://blog.mozilla.org/bjacob/2012/05/24/e-voting-in-french-election-requires-out-of-date-java-plugin-blocked-by-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-3520 Hub Thu, 24 May 2012 21:01:57 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.org/bjacob/?p=146#comment-3520 When I complained to whoever is in charge I got a reply telling me that whoever did the security validation approved it.

*sigh*

The French Pirate Party is all over it.

]]> By: Dan http://blog.mozilla.org/bjacob/2012/05/24/e-voting-in-french-election-requires-out-of-date-java-plugin-blocked-by-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-3519 Dan Thu, 24 May 2012 20:57:55 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.org/bjacob/?p=146#comment-3519 Yes, it’s not 1.6 in general that is blocked by Firefox, but 1.6.x, where x < 31 (I believe).

]]> By: AV http://blog.mozilla.org/bjacob/2012/05/24/e-voting-in-french-election-requires-out-of-date-java-plugin-blocked-by-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-3518 AV Thu, 24 May 2012 20:29:44 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.org/bjacob/?p=146#comment-3518 @wladimir: I was referring to the blog post, where it’s written like java 6 is insicure and 7 is secure.

]]> By: Wladimir Palant http://blog.mozilla.org/bjacob/2012/05/24/e-voting-in-french-election-requires-out-of-date-java-plugin-blocked-by-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-3517 Wladimir Palant Thu, 24 May 2012 19:50:28 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.org/bjacob/?p=146#comment-3517 @AV: That’s something that their developers apparently missed. They clearly recognized that old Java versions have security issues which is why Firefox blocklisted them (they say that explicitly). But they don’t recommend updating to Java 6 update 32. Neither do they recommend temporarily enabling the plugin manually (it’s a soft block so this is possible). They go for the worst possible solution: keep the insecure Java version and use a different browser that isn’t as concerned about user’s security (their recommendations also include outdated Firefox versions which have enough issues of their own). I’m sure that French tax payers are “happy” with how their money is being spent.

]]> By: Wladimir Palant http://blog.mozilla.org/bjacob/2012/05/24/e-voting-in-french-election-requires-out-of-date-java-plugin-blocked-by-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-3516 Wladimir Palant Thu, 24 May 2012 19:36:10 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.org/bjacob/?p=146#comment-3516 I’m pretty sure that some consulting company was paid good money to develop this abomination. And now they are trying to save face by giving people ridiculous advices on how to work around their shortcomings. And the worst of it – they likely chose Java to try security by obscurity.

]]> By: AV http://blog.mozilla.org/bjacob/2012/05/24/e-voting-in-french-election-requires-out-of-date-java-plugin-blocked-by-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-3515 AV Thu, 24 May 2012 18:17:51 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.org/bjacob/?p=146#comment-3515 java 6 isn’t outdated, using the latest release (6 update 32) should be fine

]]> By: Jesper Kristensen http://blog.mozilla.org/bjacob/2012/05/24/e-voting-in-french-election-requires-out-of-date-java-plugin-blocked-by-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-3514 Jesper Kristensen Thu, 24 May 2012 18:04:19 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.org/bjacob/?p=146#comment-3514 At least the French only have to deal with that every few years when there is an election. In Denmark we have to deal with things like that whenever we use our home banking or log in to any government website.

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