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04-03-2012, 12:32 PM	#1
craigevil Senior Member Registered: Apr 2005 Location: OZ Distribution: Debian Sid/RPIOS Posts: 4,887 Blog Entries: 28 Rep:	Firefox blocking older versions of Java Due to security issues with older versions of Java they are now blocked in Firefox. Please update your Java. Older versions have been added to Firefox's blocklist As per Blocking Java

04-04-2012, 12:39 PM	#2
craigevil Senior Member Registered: Apr 2005 Location: OZ Distribution: Debian Sid/RPIOS Posts: 4,887 Original Poster Blog Entries: 28 Rep:	OpenJDK/Icedtea are not affected and should be unblocked in Firefox.

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