Safe Than Sorry.....
While I haven't the first CLUE about whether or not my desktop at work is safe or not, becaue I'm in charge of a whole LOT of desktops, and because the information on the servers those desktops connect to is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT (think Level G15 Government Clearance, and you being to get the picture!) I would rather be safe than sorry, there is no reason for Java to be on the network, the most processor intensive applications we have are office / spreadsheet / presentation software, and hwile we don't block all internet access, we sure do monitor it vigorously, there's hardly a complaint from anyone who uses the internet on campus who feels they need to have Java running....so there ARE a few places that truly DO have a Java free network. I doubt that there are many, and I'm almost certain there are a few proplr who have attempted to acess Java-rich sites that might cause problems, but most of our network access (externally) is role monitored, if you're not in a specific role, you don't get access.....simple.....clean.......precise.........brutal?....yes. Might there be another way to do it?....most definitely, but since it works for us.....we'll keep it this way until the powers-that-b decide to do things diferently.
