Some of the exploits that target applets also affect running servers. Tomcat or Jetty or WebLogic from two years ago are likely compromisable pretty easily. An

Some of the exploits that target applets also affect running servers. Tomcat or Jetty or WebLogic from two years ago are likely compromisable pretty easily. Any web server has the same issue, and most people are more than fine if they update somewhat regularly. Whether node or rails or whathaveyou, you need to keep updating. My code on github from two years ago is as secure now as it was then, because someone else has taken on the onus of playing security-update wack-a-mole for me. That's all I meant; I didn't mean to imply java was less secure by default than any other thing listening for connections on the internet.