Overview

Oracle has announced changes to ongoing support for Java SE 8 (Standard Edition). This article describes these changes and how Ivanti will continue its support for Java SE 8 in January 2019 and beyond.

In January 2019 Oracle will require those who wish to continue support for Java 8 SE on Servers, Desktops, and Cloud Deployments to subscribe to the new Java SE Subscription offering to continue to receive Java SE 8 updates. This subscription covers all Java 8 SE licensing and support needs. If you cannot migrate applications with dependencies on Java 8 over to Java 10 by then, this is your option to continue to gain security updates until you can transition.

The following End of Public Updates announcement was taken from the Oracle Java SE Support Roadmap.

“End of Public Updates of Java SE 8

Java SE 8 is going through the End of Public Updates process for legacy releases.  Oracle will continue to provide free public updates and auto updates of Java SE 8, until at least the end of December 2020 for Personal Users, and January 2019 for Commercial Users. Personal Users continue to get free Java SE 8 updates from Oracle at java.com (or via auto update), and Commercial Users continue to get free updates to Java SE 8 from OTN for free under the BCL license. Starting with the April 2019 scheduled quarterly critical patch update, Oracle Customers can access updates to Java SE 8 for commercial use from Oracle through My Oracle Support and via corporate auto update where applicable (Visit My.Oracle Support Note 1439822.1 - All Java SE Downloads on MOS– Requires Support Login).

Oracle does not plan to migrate desktops from Java SE 8 to later versions via the auto update feature. This includes the Java Plugin and Java Web Start. Instead of relying on a browser-accessible system JRE, we encourage application developers to use the packaging options introduced with Java SE 9 to repackage and deliver their Java applications as stand-alone applications that include their own custom runtimes.

Current releases remain free and open source for all users from jdk.java.net.”

Ivanti will continue to support Java SE 8, but will do so with what we refer to as “drop-in” support for products who have this functionality.  This means supported Ivanti Patch Management solutions will continue to detect and have logic to update Java SE 8 instances in your environment, but it will be up to the customer to provide the installer and drop it into the patch repository for remediation purposes. This change keeps both Ivanti and our customers in compliance with Oracle’s licensing for Java SE 8.

Additional Information

Please refer to instructions for the Ivanti Patch solution you are using for details on how “drop-in” support works in your product:

• How To: Supply and Deploy Patches That Can Not Be Downloaded

Supported Products

Ivanti Patch for Windows

Ivanti Security Controls (ISeC)

Ivanti Patch for SCCM