Blog Archive for enicholas during October 2006
I've been writing Java code for more than a decade now, and there are a handful of methods I've ended up copying & pasting (or, sadly, reimplementing) in virtually every program I've ever written. I'm not sure why these methods in particular seem to keep cropping up again and again, but nevertheless I end up using them everywhere.
send(InputStream in, OutputStream out)
This method takes data...
Sun recently released a Java security advisory titled Java Plug-in and Java Web Start May Allow Applets and Applications to Run With Unpatched JRE. As with any security advisory, it's important that you take note and ensure that your software is up-to-date -- in this case, the problem is fixed in Java 1.5.0_06 or higher. But a blog entry by the Washington Post's Brian Krebs raises some concerns...
