1.7.0.3 * Contains fixes for security vulnerabilities. 1.7.0.2 * New JVM (Java HotSpot Virtual Machine, version 22) that improves reliability and performance * Support for Oracle Solaris 11 * Support for Firefox 5 and later * JavaFX is included with Java SE * Demos and Samples in a Separate Bundle * Deployment Updates This release introduces the following improvements for web-deployed applications: - Non-blocking installation of JRE and JavaFX using Deployment Toolkit - Reduced footprint of signed JAR files - Caching certificate details in the JNLP file for signed applications - Caching enabled by default - Embedded JNLP support for Web Start - Ability to pass secure JVM arguments to the Web Start application from inside the web page using Deployment Toolkit - Improvements for handling content with gzip encoding - Improved support for JNLP applications - Startup improvements - New setting, Insecure JRE versions, in Java Control Panel * Bug Fixes - The Java 7 compiler used to erroneously accept the diamond operator in array initializer expressions. - Public key certificates containing Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) keys are parsed correctly by the SunPKCS11 JCE security provider on Solaris 11 1.7.0.1 - Includes many security fixes. 1.7.0.0 - Includes new features such as small language changes for improved developer productivity - A new Filesystem API - Support for asynchronous I/O - A new fork/join framework for multicore performance - Improved support for dynamic and script languages - Updates to security - Internationalization and web standards 1.6.0.26 # Olson Data 2011g * Java SE 6u26 contains Olson time zone data version 2011g. # Bug Fixes * This release contains fixes for security vulnerabilities. # Other Bug Fix * regression: cannot run filemaker application due to java.lang.ClassCircularityError 1.6.0.25 # Olson Data 2011b * Java SE 6u25 contains Olson time zone data version 2011b. # Additional Supported System Configurations * For Java SE 6u25, support has been added for the following system configurations: - Oracle Linux 6 - Oracle Solaris 11 Express 2010.11 - Windows 7 with SP1 - Windows 2008 R2 with SP1 - Internet Explorer 9 - Firefox 4 - Chrome 10 - VirtualBox 4 # Java Hotspot VM 20 * Java SE 6u25 includes version 20 of the Java HotSpot Virtual Machine which contains improvements to performance, reliability and diagnostic information. # Performance Improvement to BigDecimal * Improvements have been made to class BigDecimal enhancing its performance by thirty percent. BigDecimal is enabled by specifying -XX:+AggressiveOpts command option. # Performance Improvement to java.util.logging.LogRecord * The performance of the class java.util.logging.LogRecord has been enhanced. This enhancement improves the efficiency of including source class and method names in java.util.logging log records. # Bug Fixes * Fixes for security vulnerabilities beyond those in Java SE 6u24. 1.6.0.24 * OlsonData 2010o - Java SE 6u24 contains Olson time zone data version 2010o. * Java DB 10.6.2.1 - Java DB is upgraded to version 10.6.2.1. * Bug Fixes - Fixes for security vulnerabilities. - pogo games crashes AOL browser with 6u23 1.6.0.23 # OlsonData 2010l - Java SE 6u23 contains Olson time zone data version 2010l. # Java Hotspot VM 19.0 - Java SE 6u23 includes version 19.0 of the Java HotSpot Virtual Machine with improvements to overall performance and reliability. # Java VisualVM 1.3.1 Java VisualVM based on VisualVM 1.3.1 is included in Java SE 6u23. This release introduces the following features and enhancements: - Added Java version and vendor information to the application Overview view - Built on NetBeans Platform and profiler 6.9.1 # Menu Item Corrections for Right-to-Left Languages - Several bugs in the non-default alignment and text orientation for the menu items in Swing have been fixed, as this is particularly important for right-to-left languages such as Arabic. - Another issue corrected is the position of the icon and the text. For the non-default positions the text used to overlap the icon in a menu item, this is no longer the case. - All platform Look and Feel configurations will now handle menu items in right-to-left language situations. These fixes have been tested through their inclusion in the JDK 7 development release, but this is the first time they have been available via JDK 6. # Additional Languages Support in Linux Systems - Added support for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11 on Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Japanese, and Korean locales. 1.6.0.22 * OlsonData 2010l - Java SE 6u22 contains Olson time zone data version 2010l. For more information, refer to Timezone Data Versions in the JRE Software. * Root Certificates - Added new Entrust Root CA-G2 and updated Entrust.net CA (2048) root certificates. (Refer to 6959911.) - Add a new host name forward map entry (in /etc/hosts, NIS, or DNS) in a special form which is recognized by Java for the purpose of validating IPv4 and IPv6 name service mappings. - The IPv4 general name form followed by an /etc/hosts file fragment example for IP address 10.11.12.13 is: host.auth.ddd.ccc.bbb.aaa.in-addr.arpa # /etc/hosts example 10.11.12.13 foo.bar.com.auth.13.12.11.10.in-addr.arpa - Pre-pend a fully qualified host name before other mappings to the same address. For example, in /etc/hosts format: 10.11.12.13 foo loghost 10.11.12.13 foo.bar.com foo loghost * Bug Fixes - fixes for security vulnerabilities.