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Oracle's killing a favorite security hole for attackers: the Java browser plug-in

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<p>Oracle will retire the Java browser plug-in, frequently the target of Web-based exploits, about a year from now. Remnants, however, will likely linger long after that.</p><p>“Oracle plans to deprecate the Java browser plugin in JDK 9,” the Java Platform Group said in a blog post (https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/entry/moving_to_a_plugin_free) Wednesday. “This technology will be removed from the Oracle JDK and JRE in a future Java SE release.”</p><p>The Java Development Kit (JDK) 9, the reference implementation for the next version of Java SE, is expected to reach general availability (http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk9/) in March 2017. By then, however, most modern browsers will no longer accept the Java browser plug-in anyway.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3027473/security/oracle-is-planning-to-kill-an-attackers-favorite-the-java-browser-plug-in.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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