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Java Updates/Java SE 6 Update 38/Java SE 7u10

Note that this is NOT currently listed as patching any security-related issues. It still has the same vulnerabilities as 7u9/6u37. However, there are supposedly some security-related enhancements in 7u10 only (not in 6u38). See the Release Notes:

Java™ SE Development Kit 7 Update 10 Release Notes
»www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/···995.html

Java™ SE Development Kit 7, Update 10 (JDK 7u10)

The full version string for this update release is 1.7.0_10-b18 (where "b" means "build") and the version number is 7u10.
Highlights

This update release contains the following enhancements:

Additional Certified System Configurations
Security Feature Enhancements

Olson Data 2012i

JDK 7u10 contains Olson time zone data version 2012i. For more information, refer to Timezone Data Versions in the JRE Software.
Security Baselines

The security baselines for the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) at the time of the release of JDK 7u10 are specified in the following table:

JRE Family Version/JRE Security Baseline
7 / 1.7.0_09
6 / 1.6.0_37

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Security Feature Enhancements

The JDK 7u10 release includes the following enhancements:

* The ability to disable any Java application from running in the browser. This mode can be set in the Java Control Panel or (on Microsoft Windows platform only) using a command-line install argument.
* The ability to select the desired level of security for unsigned applets, Java Web Start applications, and embedded JavaFX applications that run in a browser. Four levels of security are supported. This feature can be set in the Java Control Panel or (on Microsoft Windows platform only) using a command-line install argument.
* New dialogs to warn you when the JRE is insecure (either expired or below the security baseline) and needs to be updated.

For more information, see Setting the Level of Security for the Java Client** and Java Control Panel**.

Java™ SE Development Kit 6 Update 38 Release Notes
»www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/···997.html

reply to slajoh01
Thanks!
EDIT: A couple minor GUI changes...

reply to slajoh01
I download from here:

»java.com/en/download/index.jsp

It is still at version 9. I will wait.

Edit: Internal update button offered me the me new version so I went ahead and installed it. The website is just slow to be updated I guess.

http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
 

I did the update which was offered by the update check in the Java control panel and once update 10 was installed, sure enough, the Java control panel was no longer displayed. This is in XP SP3. I recall this was something that happened with Win 7 recently. Anyway, it's not a huge deal and I may look into this later on.

OK. I just went to the Java folder and created a shortcut to the control panel. No big deal. I don't know why they don't have it displayed by default but whatever.
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reply to plencnerb
I've always downloaded from here and never Java.com:

»www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/···dex.html

Good to know about that 2nd download location.

Just wondering why it is taking so long for things to show up on the Java webpage. This is, after all, a Java update! I would think the primary source would be Java.com.

Not to mention, why does their own webpage not inform you that an update exists. I would think that, when I ran the utility to check my java version, it would come back and tell me that I needed to download and install Java Version 7 Update 10, and not tell me that Java 7 Update Version 9 was the "current" version.

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reply to plencnerb

IE comes in both 32 and 64 bit? So, do I have both on my Windows 8? I rarely use IE and I don't like IE 10. I sort of liked IE 8 that I have on a virtual machine. IE is just horrible for tabs ....still.

I use Fx, Sea Monkey and Opera and they are 32 bit. Mozilla recently dropped development of Fx 64 bit.
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reply to plencnerb

No, I got the LATEST version (same as at Oracle.com) by simply opening Java panel in Control panel and pressing "Check for Updates Now". So, the average user can easily get the latest version that Oracle puts out even if java.com is slow in updating and shows an older version.
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reply to Mele20

reply to Mele20

I am confused. You are saying that when I opened Java Panel on Control Panel and pressed the "Check for Updates Now" button that it checked at java.com? I don't see why it would do that. I think it got the update directly from Oracle as Java.com still was showing the old version.

My point is don't use oracle.com or java.com. Enter the Java panel on Control panel (where you should have automatic updating unchecked) and press "Check for Updates Now" as that is how I got the latest version when this thread was first posted.
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