[Info-vax] Firefox 31/32 both break HP Command View

[Paul Sture]

On 2014-09-14, John Nebel <john.nebel at csdco.com> wrote:
> On 9/14/14 9:45 AM, Paul Sture via Info-vax wrote:
>
>> Is Firefox ESR a viable option for you?
>>
>> <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/>
>>
> Thank you for the link to Firefox ESR.

Do test it first of course.  Though the ESR version doesn't have the new
features of later versions, it is kept up to date with security patches.

It is therefore possible the change in certificate checking might bite you
with current (or future) ESR versions.

> It's easy enough to reinstall Firefox v30, many do as v31 breaks much,
> and it's possible that v35 will have a fix, but the larger issue is that
> critical firmware management functions can depend on 3rd party software
> which breaks those functions.  Another case is the Cisco Firewall
> Service Module (EOL, but nevertheless works well) for a 6500 switch
> which cannot be managed with java 7, as well as HP/Brocade FC switches
> with older firmware. HP ILO2 also suffers from java problems.  One can
> unknowingly become cornered at just the wrong time.

Java does have a habit of causing problems at the system management level.
:-(

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