Status of Java in FreeBSD? (OpenSolaris is dead)

[Mikhail]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Roland Smith
> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 12:50 AM
> To: Kurt Buff
> Cc: FreeBSD Questions
> Subject: Re: Status of Java in FreeBSD? (OpenSolaris is dead)
> 
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:58:01PM -0700, Kurt Buff wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:57, Roland Smith <rsmith at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 07:59:20PM +0200, Antonio Vieiro wrote:
> > >> Hi all,
> > >>
> > >> Now that OpenSolaris is dead [1] I was wondering what the status of
> Java
> > >> is in FreeBSD.
> > >> [1] http://sstallion.blogspot.com/2010/08/opensolaris-is-dead.html
> > >
> > > IMO the "status" of Java is "best to avoid it". Just ask Google. :-)
> >
> > So, what do you suggest for SSL VPN clients? Some/most/all of the
> > clients for these things are Java-based - well, except for clients
> > running Windows and for which there is (usually) an ActiveX control
> > (shudder.)
> 
> If I read [2] correctly, isn't SSL VPN supposed to be clientless and work
> through the browser?
> 
> [2]: http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/VPN-Options.html

Yeah, but when you want to launch any application through WebVPN (telnet for
example) you have to start Java applet.