If a vendor provides you with a program written for Java 8, is there any security advantage of running that program in the latest OpenJDK build of Java 11 instead of the latest OpenJDK build of Java 8?
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1Answering this question in general is very complicated as a lot of improvements have been back ported to Java 8. Besides that in my opinion Java 11 has more advantages on functional level. But make sure to check the support period of your OpenJDK distribution as for a lot of them the EOL date of Java 11 is often earlier than the EOL date of Java 8. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_historyRobert– Robert2021-12-15 14:58:29 +00:00Commented Dec 15, 2021 at 14:58
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This seems to be a garbage question. Should we delete it?Shawn Eary– Shawn Eary2021-12-21 20:54:55 +00:00Commented Dec 21, 2021 at 20:54
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1I would no say so. There are security improvements in Java 11 like by default unlimited strength crypto policy and TLS 1.3 support. The problem is just that those features have already been backported to Java 8. So the question is are there any additional security improvements in Java 11.Robert– Robert2021-12-22 12:26:55 +00:00Commented Dec 22, 2021 at 12:26
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@Robert - Did you mean to say, "I would no say so."? Perhaps you meant "I would not say so"? I will be deleting this comment very soon.Shawn Eary– Shawn Eary2021-12-22 14:21:57 +00:00Commented Dec 22, 2021 at 14:21
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