{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/smilingrob\/","author_name":"smilingrob","cat":"LD #26","categories":["LD #26"],"comments":[],"epoch":1366731840,"event":"LD26","likes":9,"metadata":{"p_key":"78883","p_author":"smilingrob","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"287893","p_title":"Java Update 21","p_cat":"LD #26","p_event":"LD26","p_time":"1366731840","p_likes":"9","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1366934400","event_key":"16","event_name":"LD26"},"source_url":"2013\/04\/23\/java-update-21\/","text":"<p>You may or may not know, but right now, there is a huge Java exploit going around. \u00a0And it\u2019s in Metasploit, which means that you don\u2019t have to be a hard-core hacker to use it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/technetwork\/topics\/security\/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html\">http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/technetwork\/topics\/security\/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, being that many LD games are written in Java, <strong>you should update Java now<\/strong>, before the compo. \u00a0So you can play all the cool games that are going to be made with more peace of mind that\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0not getting hacked.<\/p>\n<p>Just run Windows Update, or \u201cSoftware Update\u201d on a Mac. \u00a0Or whatever your Linux distro\u2019s update is. \u00a0Everyone\u2019s got an update out, it\u2019s that big of a deal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/technetwork\/java\/javase\/7u21-relnotes-1932873.html\">http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/technetwork\/java\/javase\/7u21-relnotes-1932873.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/security\/\" rel=\"tag\">security<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 23rd, 2013 3:44 pm","title":"Java Update 21","title_was_empty":false}