That is very similar to my usecase. Thank you. On January 8, 2016 10:03:16 PM EST, Rob Kampen <rkampen at kampensonline.com> wrote: >On 01/09/2016 11:43 AM, John R Pierce wrote: >> On 1/8/2016 2:21 PM, H wrote: >>> That was not helpful - I explained that I had to run this version. >> >> you WANT to run something completely unsupported from about 10 years >> ago which apparently requires software thats known to be insecure and > >> buggy as all heck. its 2015, not 2005, 10 years is an eternity >> in the computer industry. >> >> whatever this 10 year old application is you're trying to get >running, >> it needs to be dragged into a present day state of support. if this > >> requires reimplementing the clientside applet entirely, so be it. >Do >> note, Java applets running in web browsers are an almost entirely >> deprecated technology as there's been a non-stop stream of security >> problems with the whole java applet concept and implementation. >> J2SE 1.4, a version that was new in 2002, was desupported in 2008. >Just for your information >I was working for a local ISP a few months ago, that uses microwave >radio links to connect various hilltop radio access points and thus >provide high speed internet access to rural clients in hard to reach >terrain. Some of the kit used had a management interface that ONLY ran >on an old, very specific version of java. No, the supplier was not >interested in providing updates, what they provided - worked. The >network was essentially private, thus difficult for the great unwashed >to gain access and then in some way compromise the system. BTW, the >particular version of java was only supported on WindozeXP and an old >version of IE - thus it ran in a virtualbox and was only made alive >when >access to the radio system was required. welcome to the real world of >2016, there are lots of bespoke systems providing real value and >definitely not affordable to replace in the cut throat world of a >local >ISP. >> >> re; EPEL, as I understand, EPEL drops old versions like a rock the >> minute they are desupported. >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos