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====== IT Security: Passwords and Patching ====== | ====== IT Security: Passwords and Patching ====== | ||
- | Provided some attention is paid to keeping your system up-to-date, the security of IT systems and Internet communications is good. This has made a hacker' | + | Provided some attention is paid to keeping your system up-to-date, the security of IT systems and Internet communications is good. This has made a hacker' |
<note tip>As a general rule of thumb; **if it seems too good to be true, it is!** You won't inherit unexpected money, obtain tax refunds, get cheap drugs, find questionable pictures of your neighbour or grow any of your bodily appendages without there being some undesirable side-effect...</ | <note tip>As a general rule of thumb; **if it seems too good to be true, it is!** You won't inherit unexpected money, obtain tax refunds, get cheap drugs, find questionable pictures of your neighbour or grow any of your bodily appendages without there being some undesirable side-effect...</ | ||
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When Oracle issue a new Java release an icon will appear in the notification area, as shown below: | When Oracle issue a new Java release an icon will appear in the notification area, as shown below: | ||
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- | Clicking on the icon will begin the update process. | + | Clicking on the icon will begin the update process. |
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+ | You can also manually check you are running the latest Java version by visiting http:// | ||
==== Ubuntu ==== | ==== Ubuntu ==== |