Includes support for latest Java standards and makes development much easier using the built-in database. It also supports debugging and monitoring for Java apps.
Currently, many programs and most of the popular internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and others) work with Java technology. It is indispensable for all those lovers of the internet, instant messaging and video games.
Java Runtime Environment version 6 update 11 installs Java Virtual Machine, a platform that works with files .Class, and in that way it provides the environment required to run Java applications. These applications that use the Java programming language and access from your browser are called “applets”.
In the Java (TM) version 6 Update 11, the developer patches 14 vulnerabilities detected in previous versions, some of which are:
- In instant messaging, a candidate window was not shown until the window is deactivated and reactivated again.
- Camerfirma root certificates are added to Java Development Kit.
- The UTF-8 charset implementation has also been updated to handle the non-shortest forms of UTF-8 byte sequences, which caused incompatibilities with previous versions.
In other words, the main reason to install this update is the improvement of security of the software and the correction of the security vulnerabilities. For the users of Mac it is very important to verify these types of updates on Apple's website, because Apple maintains this product in Mac OS on their own.
v9.0 [Apr 20, 2014]
- Refactor existing providers to refer to the same constants for default values for key length.
- Collections use serialization filter to limit array sizes.
- Add warnings to keytool when using JKS and JCEKS.
Bug fixes:
- JDK-8183297 infrastructure Allow duplicate bugid for changeset in jdk9 update forest.
- JDK-8187993 infrastructure [CPU17_04] Need to update securitypack.jar with baseline.versions file having jdk9 entry.
- JDK-8187043 javafx graphics JavaFX fails to launch on some Windows platforms due to missing VS2017 libraries.
- JDK-8089283 javafx web Padding property of the select tag is incorrect in WebView.
- JDK-8176729 javafx web com.sun.webkit.dom.NodeImpl#SelfDisposer is not called.
- JDK-8178319 javafx web Build sqlite3 from source.
- JDK-8178360 javafx web Build and integrate ICU from source.
- JDK-8178440 javafx web Build libxml2 and libxslt from source.
- JDK-8179673 javafx web JVM Crash in WebPage.setBackgroundColor() during webpage navigation (Non Public API).
- JDK-8183292 javafx web Update to 604.1 version of WebKit.
- JDK-8184448 javafx web Crash while loading gif images with more frames.
- JDK-8185132 javafx web window.requestAnimationFrame API is not working.