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Java Web Start is automatically launched whenever a Java application using it is downloaded for the first time or can be manually launched.

The vulnerability "can be exploited only through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets," according to Oracle's Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory in June.

Come September 2016, the perennial threat vector otherwise known as the Java plugin will be deprecated and well on its way to being dead, decreased, and thankfully, an ex-plugin.

From a security perspective though, Java Web Start applications can be used as an attack vector for exploiting vulnerabilities in the Java runtime, just like Applets.

Since JNLP files are simply Java Web Start files that open applications through an Internet browser, any browser that works in Windows 8.1 will open a JNLP file as long as you have Java installed ...

Sun patches Java Web Start vulnerability A flaw in the Java Web Start platform could be exploited to allow any Java applet to read, write and run on the affected machine.

Java Web Start can make deploying Java apps a breeze, but it may prevent those apps from accessing needed resources. Find out how to use Java Network Launching Protocol and application signing to ...

Using Java Web Start, it’s possible to design desktop Web clients that provide a rich user experience decoupled from a browser. In this article, I will primarily look at Java Web Start.

Java Web Start simplifies deployment of applications, but Sun's Plug-in makes the task even easier. See how the Java Plug-in from Sun enables browsers to fetch a Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

Isn’t Java Web Start (JWS) supposed to allow web-based distribution of applications? So why would one want to distribute a Java Web Start (JWS) application via CD-ROM? Well, for a number of ...