[Coco] Is Mocha DEAD?

[Richard E Crislip]

On Wed, 07 Jan 2015 10:25:39 -0700
Tim Fadden <t.fadden at cox.net> wrote:

> This is not because mocha is unsafe, it is because Java has been made 
> safer, and blocks apps not designed for high security.  It is no more 
> unsafe than flash, or the idiot behind the wheel.  :-)
> 
> After accepting the risks, the latest Java spits out:
> 
> Application Blocked by Java Security
> 
> For security, applications must now meet the requirements or the High
> or Very High security settings, or be part of the Exception Site List
> to be allowed to run.
> 
> Name: CoCoApplet
> Location http://www.haplessgenius.com
> Reason:Your security settings have blocked an untrusted application
> from running.
> 
> I then entered the Java control panel and added the link to the 
> exception list, and still a no go.
> I also tried the signed version, and it fails stating self-signed
> apps are blocked.
> 
> Author needs to up his security in the program to make it copacetic.
> 
> On 1/7/2015 8:22 AM, Louis Ciotti wrote:
> > seem like it is OK.
> >
> > https://app.webinspector.com/public/reports/28528998
> >
> >
> > My Work PC has it blocked via the firewall with a reason stated as
> >
> > Reason:
> >
> > This Websense category is filtered: Proxy Avoidance. Sites in this
> > category may pose a security threat to network resources or private
> > information, and are blocked by your organization.
> >
> > URL:
> >
> > http://www.haplessgenius.com/mocha/
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Sean <badfrog at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> What is doing the scanning on your work PC?  Like a corporate
> >> firewall/web gateway? Norton Safeweb seems to think it's fine.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> It's blocked with a huge warning from my work PC as a dangerous
> >>> site.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Jan 6, 2015, at 11:56 PM, Rogelio Perea <os9dude at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Nope, not dead. Depending on the browser and OS you will have to
> >>>> go
> >>> through
> >>>> some prompts to clear out the haplessgenius web page as allowed
> >>>> to
> >> engage
> >>>> Java. The noted URL is good. I just tested on Win7 and Firefox -
> >>>> had to "re-do" the plugin setup, had not run Mocha in a while in
> >>>> my desktop.
> >> It
> >>>> works.
> >>>>
> >>>> The Tandycoco Forum link? could be an issue with that particular
> >> website,
> >>>> not the Mocha site.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -- RP
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 12:39 AM, Stephen H. Fischer <
> >>>> SFischer1 at mindspring.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> The www.haplessgenius.com/mocha/ link for the "mocha" emulator
> >> appears
> >>> to
> >>>>> be dangerous.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Emulators is one place
> >>>>> that offers that URL.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The http://www.tandycoco.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=64 link for
> >> "mocha"
> >>>>> hangs.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://www.tandycoco.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=78
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So,  Is Mocha DEAD?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> SHF
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
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> >>>>> Coco at maltedmedia.com
> >>>>> https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
> >>>> --
> >>>> Coco mailing list
> >>>> Coco at maltedmedia.com
> >>>> https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
> >>> --
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> >>> Coco at maltedmedia.com
> >>> https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
> >>>
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> >>
> 
Or you can go to the Java console and lower the Security setting to
Medium. I ran into this hearburn trying to access a HP ProCurve
managed switch OS last week.